The Immortals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780671534868)

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF IMMORTALITY? For nomad Marshall Cartwright, the price is knowing that he will never grow old. That he will never contract a disease, an infection, or even a cold. That because he will never die, he must surrender the right to live. For Dr. Russell Pearce, the price is eternal suspicion. He appreciates what synthesizing the elixir vitae from the Immortal's genetic makeup could mean for humankind. He also fears what will happen should Cartwright's miraculous blood fall into the wrong hands. For the wealthy and powerful, no price is too great. Immortality is now a fact rather than a dream. But the only way to achieve it is to own it exclusively. And that means hunting down and caging the elusive Cartwright, or one of his offspring. The Immortals, James Gunn's masterpiece about a human fountain of youth, collects the author's classic short stories that ran in elite science-fiction magazines throughout the 1950s. All-new material accompanies this updated edition, including an introduction from renowned science-fiction writer Greg Bear, a preface from Gunn himself, and "Elixir," Gunn's new short story that introduced Dr. Pearce to another Immortal in the May 2004 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine.

Author: James Gunn
ISBN-10: 0671534866
ISBN-13: 9780671534868
Publisher: Pocket Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.32w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 08/02/2004 pg. 57
New York Times 10/10/2004 pg. 13
Publishers Weekly 08/02/2004