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Themes labels used: immortality, mortality, choice, bodily autonomy, health culture, beauty standards, government control, class inequality, ageism, family, freedom, quality of life, death taboo, ethical dilemma, wellness extremity, life worth living

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Methuselah's Children

Robert A. Heinlein · 1986 · Future History or "Heinlein Timeline"

A secret community of long-lived humans is exposed and forced into a desperate flight into space in search of a new home.

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Themes labels: longevity · immortality · eugenics · civil liberties · privacy · freedom · persecution · prejudice · class envy · mob mentality · individualism · collectivism · human nature · social hypocrisy · exploration · human evolution · ageing · meaningful work · overpopulation · assimilation · domination · wealth and power

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Freezing Point

Anders Bodelsen · 1971

A terminally ill editor chooses cryogenic suspension, then wakes into a bleak future where survival has a dangerous price.

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Themes labels: mortality · aging · immortality · quality of life · life versus eternity · medical ethics · bodily autonomy · capitalism · class divide · consumer capitalism · social control · surveillance · human connection · love and loss · meaning of life · death acceptance · commodification of life · technological progress · scientific hubris · ethical consent · social inequality · freedom · state ownership · existentialism · nihilism · identity loss · senescence

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Time Enough for Love

Robert A. Heinlein · 2021 · The World as Myth

An immortal man recounts his centuries-spanning life while his captors try to keep him alive long enough to finish.

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Themes labels: immortality · mortality · love · sex and love · life purpose · longevity · taboo · incest · free love · individualism · libertarianism · self-reliance · wisdom · aging · human potential · social norms · morality · gender roles · family · childbearing · eugenics · birth control · identity · death wish · living fully

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Cover of Gleanings by Neal Shusterman

Gleanings

Neal Shusterman, David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Joelle Shusterman, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, Sofía Lapuente · 2022 · Arc of a Scythe

A short-story anthology returns to the Scythedom across its past, present, and future, revealing backstories and new angles.

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Themes labels: mortality · immortality · population control · morality · ethics · power corruption · freedom · humanity · identity · love · grief · choice · social control · consequences · history

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Cover of The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Big Trip Up Yonder

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 2011

An anti-aging cure leaves one family crammed together for generations, where inheritance, privacy, and patience collapse.

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Themes labels: mortality · aging · immortality · overpopulation · scarcity · privacy · human nature · selfishness · family conflict · death · social satire · technology consequences · wealth inequality · morality

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Cover of The Declaration by Gemma Malley

The Declaration

Gemma Malley · 2007 · The Declaration

In a future where immortality is normal, a brainwashed Surplus girl is pulled toward escape, truth, and rebellion.

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Themes labels: immortality · death · aging · overpopulation · resource scarcity · freedom · human rights · social control · brainwashing · child abuse · identity · obedience · self-worth · ethics of science · nature vs technology · value of life · parental sacrifice · class hierarchy · state violence · love as redemption · environmental collapse

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Cover of Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley

Immortality, Inc.

Robert Sheckley · 1963 · Hob Draconian

A 1958 man wakes in 2110 and must navigate a future where death, afterlife, and bodies are all commercialized.

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Themes labels: death · afterlife · immortality · identity · mind-body problem · consciousness · freedom · social inequality · class privilege · capitalism · religion · science vs religion · mortality · responsibility · human nature · societal change · consumerism · ethics of technology · existentialism · meaning of life

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Holy Fire

Bruce Sterling · 2001

In a post-plague gerontocracy, a risk-averse elder gets rejuvenated and rediscovers youth, art, and freedom.

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Themes labels: aging · life extension · mortality · identity · authenticity · art · creativity · humanity · posthumanity · freedom · security · risk · safety · power · social control · inequality · class stratification · generational conflict · healthcare ethics · medical ethics · aesthetic philosophy · self-discovery · rebellion · societal stagnation · consequences of longevity · memory · body-mind relation

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Cover of Los cuerpos del verano by Martín Felipe Castagnet

Los cuerpos del verano

Martín Felipe Castagnet · 2012

In a near-future Argentina, the dead can return in purchased bodies, but revenge and identity complicate survival.

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Themes labels: identity · body and self · mortality · immortality · technology and society · class inequality · gender · desire · family · ethics · religion · vulnerability · consumerism · memory · time

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Cover of FUTU.RE by Dmitry Glukhovsky

FUTU.RE

Dmitry Glukhovsky · 2015

In an immortal future Europe, a regime enforcer is drawn into a clash between state order, parenthood, and humanity.

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Themes labels: mortality · meaning of life · humanity · legacy · freedom · choice · sacrifice · parenthood · family values · overpopulation · state control · power · moral conflict · social criticism · identity · soul · future vs present · human nature · immortality's cost · social hypocrisy · dehumanization

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Cover of The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

Shelley Wood · 2024

A leap-year baby who ages four times slower hides in plain sight as her family races through a century of history.

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Themes labels: aging · longevity · family · secrecy · identity · belonging · love · duty · ethics · eugenics · genetics · scientific progress · body autonomy · women's rights · motherhood · difference and otherness · medical ethics · choice vs destiny

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Cover of Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham

Trouble with Lichen

John Wyndham · 1960

A biochemist’s anti-aging discovery sparks secrecy, gender politics, and a debate over who gets to live longer.

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Themes labels: aging · mortality · immortality · gender roles · feminism · scientific ethics · social consequences · inequality · class privilege · overpopulation · career vs family · public reaction to innovation · power and access · women’s autonomy · modernity · human nature

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