The Immortalist [Paperback]

Alan Harrington (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts (February 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890871353
• ISBN-13: 978-0890871355
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic work from 1969 calling for an immortality program, June 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Immortalist (Paperback)

"Death is an imposition on the human race, and no longer acceptable."

That's the first sentence, and it gives a good feel for the book. Harrington spends too much time on psycho-babble, analysing our fear of both death and immortality. Some is interesting and some not. But he displays clear thinking about what it will take to end the certainty of old age and death as an unavoidable fate for every human being -- barring accident or disease, of course. It's an intriguing idea passionately presented. The Discus/Avon paperback from 1970 has an eye-catching painting on the cover (no credit, alas) of an old man standing knee-deep in the ocean, his skin peeling away to reveal -- a young man

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Best Case for Conquering Death Till Now, November 23, 2001

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Jack Todd (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Immortalist (Paperback)

A very inspiring read. Alan Harrington mustered the best case for conquering Old Age and Death in 1969. But he was a bit too much ahead of the science. Did not have stem-cell research and the coming-of-age of biotech and genetic engineering and cloning. So in the end he was a bit tentative. You should buy book anyway. It is an Immortalist standard.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, February 1, 2007

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Dr. Zoom (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Immortalist; an Approach to the Engineering of Man's Divinity (Paperback)

I came across this in my University library a few years ago, and I checked it out. At the time I didn't know who Alan Harrington was, but I read this book and other than the fact that some sections have a few outdated examples of technology due to the age of this book, it was a great explanation and argument of the immortalist mindset.