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Sum tales from the afterlives

At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

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  • "Sum"@he
  • "40 tales from the afterlives"
  • "40 tales from the afterlives"@en
  • "Forty tales from the afterlives"
  • "Forty tales from the afterlives"@en

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  • "At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now."@en
  • "An array of tales speculates about the future that awaits us after death, presenting diverse versions of human purpose that range from experimental subjects for gods trying to understand emotional attachment to mobile robots for cosmic mapmakers."@en
  • "An array of tales speculates about the future that awaits us after death, presenting diverse versions of human purpose that range from experimental subjects for gods trying to understand emotional attachment to mobile robots for cosmic mapmakers."
  • ""Sum" is a stunning exploration of funny and unexpected afterlives that have never been considered. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. The stories in Sum are rooted in romance, science and desire."

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  • "Short stories"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Humoristische Darstellung"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"

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  • "לסיכום ־ ארבעים סיפורים מן החיים שאחרי"
  • "לסיכום : ארבעים סיפורים מן החיים שאחרי"
  • "Sum tales from the afterlives"@en
  • "Si hou si shi zhong sheng huo"
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  • "Sum tales from the afterlives"
  • "死後四十種生活"
  • "Fast im Jenseits oder warum Gott Frankenstein liest"
  • "Lesikum : 40 sipurim min ha-ḥayim she-aḥare"
  • "Sum forty tales from the afterlives"
  • "Sum forty tales from the afterlives"@en
  • "Sum : forty tales from the afterlives"
  • "Sum : forty tales from the afterlives"@en
  • "Sum : tales from the afterlives"
  • "Fast im Jenseits : oder warum Gott Frankenstein liest"
  • "Le-sikum"

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