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The oldest known fictional account of immortality is also the oldest surviving work of fiction: the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Sumerian tale from c. 2100 BCE. [1] [2] [3] Several Greek myths of antiquity depict mortals such as Ganymede and Tithonus being granted everlasting life by the gods.
On 5 November 2019, the BBC published a list of novels selected by a panel of six writers and critics, who had been asked to choose 100 English language novels "that have had an impact on their lives". [1]
[36] In the later books this utopia gets gradually deconstructed. [37] Island (1962) by Aldous Huxley – Follows the story of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist, who shipwrecks on the fictional island of Pala and experiences their unique culture and traditions which create a utopian society. [citation needed] Eutopia (1967) by Poul Anderson
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
C.C. (Code Geass) Princess Cadance; Callisto (Xena) Captain Scarlet (character) Carl Brutananadilewski; John Carter of Mars; Casca (series) Castiel (Supernatural)
The Cosmere is the fictional universe in which the various worlds in most of Sanderson's adult fantasy works are set. The Culture: Consider Phlebas: 1987 Iain M. Banks: Interstellar anarchist, socialist, and utopian society created for a number of science fiction novels and works of short fiction collectively called the Culture series. Dark ...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Well-known example of a modern philosophical novel. Santayana, George: 1863–1952 Unamuno, Miguel de: 1864–1936 Pirandello, Luigi: 1867–1936 Maxim Gorky: 1868-1936 The Life of Klim Samgin; Proust, Marcel: 1871-1922 In Search of Lost Time; Chesterton, G. K. 1874-1936 Mann, Thomas: 1875-1955 The Magic Mountain; Hesse ...
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