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Forever

By Robert Sheckley

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

An inventor's immortality serum sparks a war as he fights those who seek to control it, leading to a secret society, a daring escape, and a battle for humanity's future.

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2009-07-22
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Summary

"Forever" by Robert Sheckley is a science fiction story where Charles Dennison, an inventor, creates an immortality serum, leading to a complex web of ethical problems and social outcomes. Dennison battles to safeguard his creation from those who want to exploit it, leading him to a shadowy group called the Undertakers. This group thinks immortality will bring turmoil and overcrowding, so they try to suppress the serum. After being captured he meets other inventors who had similar experiences in the past, and together, they form the Immortality Club. Over many years, they plan their escape, aiming to expose the Undertakers' agenda. The story builds to an exciting climax that questions power and mankind's destiny.

About the Author

Robert Sheckley was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical.

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