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The Immortality Chronicles (The Future Chronicles Book 6) Kindle Edition

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What if you could live forever? Defy death itself? Even now, scientific advances in regenerative medicine, life extension, cryonics, cybernetics, and in other areas have brought humans to the brink of solving life's final conundrum.

In this volume of the acclaimed ‘Future Chronicles’ anthology series, twelve authors imagine that uninterrupted journey, confronting not just how, but what it means when human life can continue indefinitely, invulnerable, immortal.

“The Immortality Chronicles” features stories by award-winning scientist and author E.E. Giorgi (Chimeras), Amazon bestselling author Will Swardstrom (Contact Window) and ten more of today's most visionary authors in science and speculative fiction.

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★★★★★ BEST ANTHOLOGY OF THE YEAR as voted in the 2016 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll★★★★★
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"The best place to discover new SF authors, I think, is any of the anthologies coming from Samuel Peralta"
-- Hugh Howey,
NY Times bestselling author of Wool

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"A powerful new voice in speculative fiction"
-- Nick Webb,
USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy Fleet trilogy

About the Author

Created by Samuel Peralta - series editor and a Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy notable author in his own right - The Future Chronicles is the #1 bestselling anthology series that brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern speculative fiction.

Its unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., time travel, dragons, robots, aliens, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed anthology series of the digital era.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B013LAPCT4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Windrift Books; 1st edition (September 4, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 4, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 433 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
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Customers find the stories in this anthology well-written and enjoyable. They appreciate the variety of ideas and viewpoints presented in the book. Readers enjoy the diverse author perspectives and creativity. Overall, they consider it a great collection of different views on immortality.

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23 customers mention "Story quality"23 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the stories in this anthology. They find the stories well-written and interesting, with different takes on immortality. Readers praise the book for its high quality speculative fiction.

"I really enjoyed all the different stories, they are we ll written and they're very different that all tie back in with the idea of immortality...." Read more

"...That's where I started freaking out. Of the great stories in this collection, Foy's is the only one that addresses the utter tedium of watching the..." Read more

"This was a pretty good collection of short stories. They all felt as though they fit together, despite being very different." Read more

"...Immortality Chronicles" gave me three new names, and every story was one to remember. Highly recommended." Read more

19 customers mention "Value for money"19 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book. They find the stories original and worth reading. The anthology keeps readers interested.

"...leading me to discover other self published authors and their fabulous work...." Read more

"...In that regard, I'm not sure how well it satisfies me, but it does entertain. Why only three stars? I think that is a fairly good review...." Read more

"...The mean was high and the variance was narrow. Every story was well worth reading, and many of them are good enough that I'll be looking for more..." Read more

"...Thanks Samuel Peralta and authors for the excellent read." Read more

7 customers mention "Anthology content"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the anthology's content. They find it well-received and mention it's a good place to discover new authors like John Gregory Hancock and Harlow C. Fallon.

"...and one value of reading collections like this is in the discovery of some good ones: John Gregory Hancock, Harlow C Fallon, E.E Giorgi, D. Robert..." Read more

"...Well worth it, this anthology is filled with winners. Everyone will find something to enjoy here." Read more

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7 customers mention "Variety of ideas"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the variety of ideas and future concepts in the book. They find it an engaging collection of viewpoints on immortality, with a good variety of stories.

"...memory mere hours ago, I can state that this collection contains a good variety of stories...." Read more

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"...This book opened up my eyes to many ideas as to long life experiences...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the variety of authors and their short stories. They find the book an opportunity to discover new authors.

"...But the best thing about a really good series is the opportunity to discover new authors. &#..." Read more

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"...I love all her work, but will say that I was impressed by the creativity of the other writers and their stories." Read more

"What a great book. I like each author, how they wrote short stories. I won’t spoil it for you. If you enjoy the science fiction anthologies...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024
    I really enjoyed all the different stories, they are we
    ll written and they're very different that all tie back in with the idea of immortality. I highly recommend this book
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2016
    I read this book a couple of months ago and forgot to post a review. A recent promotion for the book reminded me, and I skimmed through each story again to refresh my memory. I also skimmed through some Amazon reviews, and read one stating that most of the stories are based on cloning, which isn’t real immortality. Concerned for my less-than-young memory, I skimmed the stories again and read each synopsis. Victory is mine on the memory front. Only one story is about cloning. Moving on.

    Having refreshed my memory mere hours ago, I can state that this collection contains a good variety of stories. There’s more than one cyborg character, but they’re in very different tales. Something I have no trouble remembering is stories that I find to be unusual. Anything I’ve enjoyed enough to read again sticks in my mind. In this book, my favorites are Eternity Today, Room 42, and A Long Horizon. Honorable mention for The Backup, wherein there is a clone, and Rememorations, wherein the importance of memory is explored. In any anthology, there are always some stories that I don’t love. There were also a couple of those here.

    Overall, I enjoyed this book and I’m pleased to recommend it. Better late than never, I say. I’d be interested in reading The Memory Chronicles, should anyone decide to write it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015
    Many of these stories focus on an individual who's rendered non-dying, but some apply the concept more broadly: D.K. Cassidy's "Room 42," and Thomas Robbins' "Eternity Today" are riffs on the entire human race's sudden conversion to undying status. E.E. Giorgi's heart-wrenching story "The House on the Cliff" tells of a man made immortal by means of his own cancer cells. "Legacy," by David Bruns, describes a driven CEO's effort to live forever by replacing himself with bionic parts over the course of centuries. "Rememorations," by Paul B. Kohler limits his protagonist's immortal status to his ability to pay for it--and his willingness to forget pieces of his past. And John Gregory Hancock's "The Antares Cigar Shoppe" stood out for the old school A.E. Van Vogt vibe that it brought to the table.

    But the award for Most Unintentionally Horrifying Story About Immortality has to go to Gareth Foy, who penned “The Essence of Jaime’s Father.” This piece manages to be the most abstract yet gut-wrenching bit of work in this volume, and I'm not entirely sure how Foy pulled it off. I'm not even sure he intended to do this. All I know is that this story opened up a pit of despair in my soul that I generally only feel when engaged in Facebook discussions about religion and foreign policy.

    In a nutshell, Jaime is a young man experiencing the beginning of Earth' death throes, as the sun expands to swallow the inner solar system. Science has bought the Earth a few extra thousand years, but red giants are inevitable and physics is a harsh mistress. His father, however, has an answer: convert humanity to beings of pure energy and let them wander the universe until time itself grinds to a halt. Jaime and billions of others are looking forward to this, but Jaime's father has decided not to go through with the transition. Not because he's afraid of his project's implications, but because he feels the need to stay behind to let those who fear a permanent existence know that death is still possible in that state. Eventually we learn that Jaime's old man has already done this countless times, and has lived through countless versions of the universe.

    That's where I started freaking out. Of the great stories in this collection, Foy's is the only one that addresses the utter tedium of watching the universe roll out, expand, breed life, destroy life, and collapse, over and over again. Worse, every time the cycle resets, it's the same universe unrolling in the same way, right down to the people who are born (and die), and the order in which they appear and vanish back to the dust whence they came. It's like being trapped in a drive-in movie theater with the same four double-features forever. Sure, it'll take a while to memorize every line of every film, but eventually you're going to want to slit your wrists, except you can't because you're made of pure energy. (It works out in the end, but...Gah!)
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015
    When I read Hugh Howey's WOOL a few years back, little did I know that it would be the gateway leading me to discover other self published authors and their fabulous work. The Immorality Chronicles, is the latest edition of The Future Chronicles series of anthologies. Although I have purchased the earlier volumes, I confess this is the first one I have had opportunity to read and I am happy I made the time for it. I could not have imagined when I first picked it up that there were that many amazing and unique visions of a common theme. Many of the stories have "Twilight Zone" type "gotcha" endings and I'm sure that Rod Serling, the master storyteller of TZ would be please of the work in this book. My particular favorites - "Rememorations" [Paul B Kohler], "The Control" [Will Swardstrom], "The Backup" [Patricia Gilliam] and "The Essence of Jamie's Father" {Gareth Foy]. If you haven't read any of the FC series yet, I highly recommend starting with this one. You won't be disappointed.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016
    This was a pretty good collection of short stories. They all felt as though they fit together, despite being very different.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023
    Ive read most in the anthologies in this collection and they really are great.
    This collection was no different. I'll be getting the next one in the collection.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
    Most short story collections are hit and miss when it comes to quality. This collection is no different. The writing quality varies significantly by author, and one value of reading collections like this is in the discovery of some good ones: John Gregory Hancock, Harlow C Fallon, E.E Giorgi, D. Robert Pease, Will Swardstrom, among others. The particular subject of Immortality interested me, and I wondered how others felt about it. In that regard, I'm not sure how well it satisfies me, but it does entertain. Why only three stars? I think that is a fairly good review. In my view a five-star book is one that offers the truly extraordinary, and four stars is reserved for books that keep me a bit more enthralled, something that is hard for a collection of short stories to do. So...recommended.
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  • Frank Boehmer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sympathische Geschichten
    Reviewed in Germany on August 29, 2021
    nicht jede gleich gut, aber insgesamt haben sich die Autoren mit des Menschen größtem Wunsch sehr ambitioniert auseinander gesetzt. Und was nehmen wir mit? Die Unsterblichkeit ist nicht das, was unser Leben glücklicher machen würde. Die Erkenntnis ist nicht neu, Simone de Beauvoir und andere haben schon über diesen Segen, der sich am Ende als Fluch herausstellt, geschrieben und das Ergebnis ist in der Regel gleich. Dies auch an alle die High-Tech Fuzzies im Silicon Valley wie Google, Amazon, Apple, Tesla, deren Bosse sich offensichtlich gaaanz schwer tun mit der Erkenntnis, dass wir alle und sie eben auch mal abtreten müssen und uns die Unsterblichkeit als Forschungsprojekt verkaufen wollen, in das wir nur genügend Zeit und Geld investieren müssen, um die Menschheit endlich glücklich zu machen. Diese Geschichten sprechen eine andere Sprache.
    Ein herzliches Dankeschön an Samuel Peralta, der mit seiner Serie future-chronicles wirklich Maßstäbe gesetzt hat und auf diese Weise auch Autoren eine Chance gibt, die sich anders sehr schwer täten, Leser zu finden. Und für das Geld sowieso ein absolutes Muss.
  • Graham McCreadie
    5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting and eclectic take on immortality
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2015
    So, what did I expect of this book? Did I get what I expected? Well, I have to say I am happy to report that all I expected was delivered, by the bucket!

    I was looking for a number of different views on the impact and implications of immortality and that's exactly what I got, it was interesting to see all the different view of what immortality could look like.

    I especially enjoyed Gareth Foy's first foray into writing with his well structured and interesting take on the theme, I really enjoyed reading this and can't wait to read more from him.

    Well done to all of the authors.
  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2016
    good!
  • K.J.Heritage
    5.0 out of 5 stars A decadent ride through a range of inventive stories. Marvellous.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2015
    Quite simply a wonderfully decadent ride through a range of inventive stories that deliver again and and again. Loved it. Now hooked on The Future Chronicles and slowly reading my way through them. Highly recommended.
  • Ange
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2016
    Not just one story, 12 thought provoking and fascinating takes on immortality...not something we consider every day, fabulous food for thought. Highly recommended.

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