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Immortality, Inc.

Robert Sheckley

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Published 1959 by Bantam Books · 152 pages

Hugo Nominee 1959
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Thomas Blaine wakes up in a future New York after dying in a 1958 car crash, his mind transplanted into a new body by a corporation that has commercialized the afterlife. In this world where the wealthy can purchase immortality through body-swapping and the scientific proof of an afterlife has transformed society, Blaine must navigate corporate conspiracies and existential dangers.

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Author Nationality

US

Adaptation

Freejack (1992, film)

ISBN

9780812519310

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