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Les Derniers Jours D'un Immortel (2010)

by Fabien Vehlmann(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

2754801588 (ISBN13: 9782754801584)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Futuropolis

review 1: Very interesting graphic novel about cultural dfferences amongst different alien species as well as future-day immortal humans. It reminded me of Solaris. Moreover, there is also a reflection on immortality and cloning. In this case, cloning is not necessarily a bad thing, since clones can be merged at will with the original body in order to share memories, and they are created at an older age with the same personality and memories than the original self . So, rather than several individuals, it's like one person who can be in several places at once. Nevertheless, this cloning and merging process (creating echoes, as they call it) requires sacrificing one's oldest memories in order to make place or new memories coming from the echoes with each merging process, thus posing ... morea dilema on the protagonist - how much is he willing to forget?
review 2: Elijah is a member of the Philosophical Police in a world that grants immortality through cloning. He is assigned to resolving a war that has lasted for centuries. But while he digs through time to discover what sparked the war initially, he also ponders why he should still be alive.It's a dark, introspective book and I liked it a lot, though I think I could stand with a re-read. If you like moody science fiction and graphic novels, you won't go wrong with this. Short but very good. less

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