Immortals

by Jack Dann (Editor), Gardner Dozois (Editor), Greg Egan (Contributor)

Some see it as the ultimate blessing, others as an intolerable curse. Tempting or terrifying, the idea of immortality has inspired creative souls for thousands of years. In this brilliant collection, some of today's most ingeniously imaginative writers deal with the entrancing theme of eternal possibilities.

Features Thomas M. Disch, Greg Egan, Jack Vance, and other acclaimed masters of fantasy and science fiction.

Contents
Learning to Be Me • (1990) • shortstory by Greg Egan
Grotto of the Dancing Deer • (1980) • shortstory by Clifford D. Simak
Child of All Ages • (1975) • shortstory by P. J. Plauger
The Worm That Flies • (1968) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
The Secret • (1966) • shortstory by Jack Vance
The Dying Man • (1957) • novelette by Damon Knight (aka Dio)
Death Do Us Part • (1996) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
Mortimer Gray's History of Death • (1995) • novella by Brian Stableford (aka Mortimer Gray's "History of Death")
Preface (Immortals) • (1998) • essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies, Fantasy

255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1978

Reviews

[Peter Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Amazon review -

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3P58F8H...

[christopherdrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. The standout is Brian Aldiss's The Worm That Flies, a tale that's something like Miyazaki as seen through Heavy Metal magazine. The rest were...entertaining, if a little clinical; and if I'm to be honest, I'm having a hard time remembering most of them. I won't hold it against the collection, though, as I did enjoy reading them. 6/10 would eat here again. I think.

[Blaise Carland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid

[Andrei88 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good book, I would have given it 4 stars save for a stumble here and there. It certainly had me put the book down to think about the stories.

[Joe Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've long been interested in the idea of immortality. For the past decade, I've been watching advances in medical technology and predicting that I'll have a much longer life span than my parents or grandparents—far longer than most people expect. And, yet, what would it really be like to be immortal? (Or just to live really long?)

Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois have assembled a very interesting collection of stories on that topic. They made me think about different facets of immortality that I hadn't previously considered. They made me think about familiar facets in new and different ways. They gave me an emotional connection to the pathos, ennui, and forgetfulness of immortality. They made me reconsider what I thought I had already thought abopathos, ennui, and forgetfulness of immortality. They made me reconsider what I thought I had already thought about. And that's one of the highest praises that I can give a collection of stories.

[Lillian]

I think I read this one. I don't include ISBNs in my reading lists.