Born With the Dead: Three Novellas
by Robert Silverberg
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In "Born With The Dead," Silverberg explores the ultimate tragedy of death. In "Thomas, the Proclaimer," he undertakes to cope with an evangelist who, in the end, frustrates his followers. "Going" is a study of mortality in a world where each individual may pick the moment he chooses to go.Tags
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Three short stories that dealt with death in some future way. The first short story reminded me a bit of Rainbows End, that I wound up reading it immediately after. The 2nd story was a religion/cult story told of the viewpoints of several people. Some of it akin to news eyewitnesses. Reminded me of Stranger in an a Strange Land (which I didn't really like). I'm blanking on the 3rd story, which means it didn't remind me of anything.
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- Canonical title
- Born With the Dead: Three Novellas
- Original publication date
- 1974 (Collection) (Collection); 1974 (Born with the Dead) (Born with the Dead); 1971 (Going) (Going); 1972 (Thomas The Proclaimer) (Thomas The Proclaimer)
- Epigraph
- And what the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. EliotL Little Gidding
- Dedication
- For Brian and Margaret Aldiss who live too far away.
- First words
- Supposedly his late wife Sybille was on her way to Zanzibar.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When they offered him the cup, he seized it, winked at Martin Bollinger, and drained it in a single gulp.
- Disambiguation notice
- This collection contains "Born With the Dead", "Thomas the Proclaimer", and "Going". It should not be combined with other collections with different contents.
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