The Postmortal
A Novel

Q: Death is the only thing keeping us in line. (c) Horrible and thought-provoking and horrible some more. Dreary world, filled to the brim with hordes of postmortal humans doing everything (like is usual for us, darn!) to make it inhabitable. Gawwwd! Will we ever build the freaking long-range spaceshi......more

I really loved the first half of this novel. It was disturbing and absolutely divine the way it explored the whole issue of what happens after we cure old age: A whole world full of fledgling immortals and those people ideologically opposed to it, gradually realizing that the s**t is about to hit the......more

The premise of the story is good, a cure for ageing and the whole futuristic world presented here can be some interesting reading. Saying that the plot needed more attention I found the story as it progressed did not engross me the reader enough. The story has a lot going for it the inventive storyl......more

I'm out of book reviewing shape (among other kinds of shape), and it's hard to get back into the swing of things (if there ever was a swing). I always have a number of false starts when trying to write reviews. I usually start off with an idea for a review only to grow frustrated and switch into adj......more

I was tempted to give this fewer stars because it depressed me so badly. If a cure for aging (but not death) is invented, it turns out that things will go down this way - first it's banned and fringe groups are blowing up the black market doctors who provide the "cure" anyway. Worldwide protests tak......more