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    The Immortals

    By James Gunn

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    James Gunn’s masterpiece about a human fountain of youth collects the author’s classic short stories that ran in elite science-fiction magazines throughout the 1950s. New material accompanies this updated edition, including an introduction from renowned science-fiction writer Greg Bear, a preface from Gunn himself, and “Elixer,” Gunn’s short story that introduced Dr. Pearce to another Immortal.

    What is the price for immortality?

    For nomad Marshall Cartwright, the price is knowing that he will never grow old. That he will never contract a disease, an infection, or even a cold. That because he will never die, he must surrender the right to live.

    For Dr. Russell Pearce, the price is eternal suspicion. He appreciates what synthesizing the elixir vitae from the Immortal’s genetic makeup could mean for humankind. He also fears what will happen should Cartwright’s miraculous blood fall into the wrong hands.

    For the wealthy and powerful, no price is too great. Immortality is now a fact rather than a dream. But the only way to achieve it is to own it exclusively. And that means hunting down and caging the elusive Cartwright, or one of his offspring.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGallery Books
    Release dateDec 2, 2014
    ISBN9781501110238
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    The Immortals
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    James Gunn

    James Gunn (1923–2020) was an award-winning science fiction author of more than twenty books, including The Listeners and Transformation. He was also the author of dozens of short stories such as "The Immortals" and editor of ten anthologies. 

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    • 4/5
      This book is written in 1997 and is set in 2020. I enjoyed the book although you really have to keep in mind when it was written or you will find the views expressed by the government to be outdated. I enjoyed the dystopian setting around the internment camps if you were infected with V-SIDs, the intolerance of people towards what they don't understand or wish to accept, and the conspiracy surrounding the camps. You can really imagine something like this happening with today's intolerance of "other".
    • 3/5
      The U.S. in 2010 - ravaged by disease and slowly stifled by martial law. A lthal virus known as V_CIDS strikes everyone. Despite desperate efforts to control it, entire cities have succumbed. Emergency Relocation & Isolation Services - death camps - have been created. Michael Barris, a tv star, goes into one looking for his son.
    • 3/5
      I did not care for the book. I found the writing technique adequate, but the handling of government oppression of AIDS-like infected "gay" individuals seemed to be very dated. While, there are some parts of the world today where "gay" individuals are losing their civil rights and being oppressed, the language, understanding and terminology in this book is stuck in the 1990s when the book was written. It was not to my taste. I suppose readers who might like it are fans of government conspiracy writing or those wanting a time-capsule into attitudes towards gays and AIDS from the 1990s.