X-Message-Number: 9019 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:11:13 -0800 (PST) From: John K Clark <> Subject: The First Immortal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I want to join the chorus of praise I've been hearing for Jim Halperin's new novel "The First Immortal", if it becomes a best seller it could end up changing the world as much as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or "The Origin of Species. The great thing is that he describes achieving physical immortality in the near future but rebels against the stale convention of crying copious tears over how dreadful a world without death would be. Halperin will probably take some flack from death worshipers for not sprinkling in stuff about Man meddling in God's domain and other pious platitudes throughout his book, it seems to be the custom when discussing such matters, but Jim is just too original for that and he refuses to pander to the superstitions of the masses. This is an important book and I highly recommend it. John K Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCzAgUBNMD3C303wfSpid95AQH2igTvZbR/ZZVpIej9AI79HZU+m9WXTJTCKstF MKGrf/9Y2O9hc9ZPDARAAjcxiTzyznYiM6RLaz0s9PI+mI2VZao6uPtbzDo6SJuq 9ZGyTPbh3OYO3YMmQ7UsdsloB5XhkfBk4YTCziWN1Jpj+AuHr2m3QvUxE1l2iRsl 2x3ZRxrtTgipzb9hEfSxeRRB3huBDxivNIULl+OrCy0onOSb0SI=I8Fi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9019