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For another take on life-after-upload, try Neal Stephenson's "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell". [Edit] Also, Niven's "A World out of Time" [1], where the reanimated (
by KineticLensman 3y ago
For another take on life-after-upload, try Neal Stephenson's "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell".
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Also, Niven's "A World out of Time" [1], where the reanimated ('corpsicles') are used for menial / dangerous tasks.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Out_of_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Out_of_Time
- petters 3y agoGreg Egan's Permutation City also features the topic. It's truly scary, but there is of course also the potential of eternal life in paradise.
- KineticLensman 3y ago> also the potential of eternal life in paradise Or hell, as in Ian M Banks ‘Surface Detail’. Chay's dilemma was really affecting (she is reincarnated as an angel of true death in hell, who is compelled to release a soul every day, by taking on some of their pain)