It's slim in size and each story is a sliver: two pages or less. But the impact is mighty.
Truly, the Sum is greater than its parts.
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by neurologist David Eagleman, is so clever, so thought-provoking, so audacious, I wanted more.
In some tales of life after death, God is a She. In others, you get to be all ages simultaneously. In the aftterlife, he imagines we are all part of a cast, be in Congress, a play or a company.
And then there are the Death Switches that use passwords to help us communicate from beyond the grave.
Far from grim, often witty, this is a wonderfully imagined collection of wistful tales at the intersection of death, hope, love and technology.
http://www.amazon.com/Sum-Forty-Tales-Afterlives-Vintage/dp/0307389936/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315503725&sr=8-1
Truly, the Sum is greater than its parts.
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by neurologist David Eagleman, is so clever, so thought-provoking, so audacious, I wanted more.
In some tales of life after death, God is a She. In others, you get to be all ages simultaneously. In the aftterlife, he imagines we are all part of a cast, be in Congress, a play or a company.
And then there are the Death Switches that use passwords to help us communicate from beyond the grave.
Far from grim, often witty, this is a wonderfully imagined collection of wistful tales at the intersection of death, hope, love and technology.
http://www.amazon.com/Sum-Forty-Tales-Afterlives-Vintage/dp/0307389936/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315503725&sr=8-1
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