![]() ![]() ![]() However, it was not until a book club version was published in the 1980s that Zelazny realized that some cuts had not been restored to the book version thus, earlier publications of This Immortal were still not complete. The abridged version was novel length at over 47,000 words the paperback version was over 58,000 words after the cuts were restored. ![]() Zelazny stated in interviews that he preferred the original eponymous title. Most, but not all of the edits made for the serialized version were restored for the first paperback publication by Ace Books and the title was changed by the publisher to This Immortal. It tied with Frank Herbert's Dune for the 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novel. In its original publication, it was abridged by the editor and published in two parts in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October and November 1965. And Call Me Conrad, is a science fiction novel by American author Roger Zelazny. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() She is an original who can enliven any subject with wit, keen reporting and a sly intelligence. Spook Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Genre: Non Fiction Published: 2005 Pages: 311 Est. The text is littered with footnotes: tangential but delicious tidbits that Roach clearly couldn't bear to leave out. Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.), the resources below will generally offer Spook Science Tackles the Afterlife chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols. She goes to school to learn to be a medium, subjects her brain to electromagnetic waves to see if they induce the experience of seeing ghosts and joins a group trying to record sounds made by the spirits of the Donner party. She ranges into the oddest nooks and crannies of both science and belief (and scientists who believe), regaling the reader with tales of Duncan Macdougall, a respected surgeon who weighed consumptives at their moment of death to see if the escaping soul could be measured in ounces, and of female mediums who, during séances, extruded a substance called ectoplasm from their private parts (she even examines a piece of alleged ectoplasm archived at Cambridge University). Roach perfectly balances her skepticism and her boundless curiosity with a sincere desire to know. Yet she has done it again: after her study of what becomes of our mortal coil after death, she now presents an equally smart, quirky, hilarious look at whether there is a soul that survives our physical demise. ![]() Roach made an exceptional debut two years ago with Stiff. ![]() ![]() John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool's adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy's greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. ![]() The Sci-Fi masterpiece by Moebius and Jodorowsky about the tribulations of the shabby detective John Difool as he searches for the precious and coveted Incal-released for the first time ever in English in this Black & White Special Edition. ![]() John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool's adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy's. ![]() ![]() |