About the Book
Several centuries in
the future, human society has reached a state of near-utopia. All
communicable diseases have been eradicated and people live affluent,
fulfilled lives. Lukewarm fusion provides almost limitless energy
supplies, making space travel, even travel to far-distant stars, cheap
and easy. And people have time for such pleasure cruises now, for a
simple prebirth operation ensures the body will not age. Other than
fatal accidents, there's every reason to expect to live forever.
Perfect - except perfection somehow never includes everyone, and Rafiel's
perfect world is marred by the fact that he is aging and he will die.
In a peaceful world of ten trillion immortals, what is it that gives life meaning?
Poignant and insightful, Outnumbering the Dead is a tale of quiet beauty, gentle humor, and exceptional brilliance from one of the greatest science
fiction writers of this century.
