To live again / Robert Silverberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silverberg, Robert.

Contributor:

Steir, Pat, 1940- illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Doubleday science fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American.

Future life--Fiction.

Future life.

Personality.

Personality--Fiction.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

231 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Book Club Edition.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York : Doubleday, 1970?

Summary:

Thanks to the Scheffing Institute, death is not the end. For a hefty fee, the soul bank stores the personas of those who have died and inserts them into the brains of willing, living hosts. It's a process that integrates the two minds, imbuing the host with a menu of highly valuable abilities, memories, and traits. The more personas one absorbs, the greater his social status. When banking mogul Paul Kaufmann dies, many people apply to receive his persona. The leading applicants--his bitter business rivals--are locked in a battle to claim his soul. The Institute follows strict rules to ensure that the host always remains in control, but of course accidents do happen ...

Notes:

"Jacket by Pat Steir."--Back flap dust jacket.

First printing has gutter code "K47" on page 231; indicates a printing date in late November '69.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code "M27".

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 255765

Other Format:

Online version: Silverberg, Robert. To live again.

OCLC:

31327

Publisher Number:

02135 Science Fiction Book Club