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by David Eagleman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (24 April 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 1847674275
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847674272
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 351 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sum is terrific... The inventiveness, the clarity and wit of the prose...add up to something completely original.
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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem., 11 May 2009
By Josephine Huys (England) - See all my reviews
  
This stunning little volume stands on its own. There is nothing else to compare it to. When you read these surprising, amusing, quirky and profund stories, they start to shine in your mind like diamonds. They bring a new light on things, that you might not have noticed before. All stories are about the 'Afterlife' and what we can expect there, or also, on what is going on in the 'Afterlife'. Incredibly funny, clever and absolutely always disconcerting, they are more than food for thought. They are NEW food for thought that no one before ever put quite that way into words !!!
For a few pounds, don't deny yourself this genuine treat for the mind.


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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent conceit, 19 July 2009
By P MARTIN (Hertfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
Every writer manqué is probably thinking "Doh! Why didn't I think of this!" because in retrospect, like all the best ideas, it seems like a wonderful construct for writing a series of short stories.

But we didn't think of it, David Eagleman did, and more power to his elbow for doing so.

As other reviewers have written, this is a very thought provoking set of alternate afterlives that have been imagined here. So much so, that while I suspect that the healthiest way to approach this book would be like a box of chocolates, showing restraint and only consuming one every now and again by way of a treat, in reality I devoured the whole lot in just a couple of sittings. That's a tribute to both the style and the content.

Finally, I defy anyone reading the story "Encore" not to shiver just a little, not least because statistically speaking the universe depicted there is actually quite plausible, indeed quite likely (cf. Nick Bostrom's meaningful musings).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - everyone should read this, 6 Oct 2009
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This entertains and provokes thought at the same time. You don't have to believe in an afterlife to enjoy these very short stories - in fact no one could believe in all the afterlives that Eagleman invents - but like all the best fantasies they make you think about this life.
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