A SOCIEDADE DIVIDE-SE EM FILOS OU PHILE THEY ARE FIVE
BROOD WEDGE THIRD VERGE UND AMARANTH O TOPO DA HIERARQUIA
OU COMO CARLOS DO CARMO DISSE O ESCOL CULTURAL QUE NOS DOMINA
EM CLARGES ESPÉCIE DE NAFARROS THE LAST MEGAPOLIS....
A POPULAÇÃO PARTICIPA no JOGO HIERÁRQUICO
ONDE OS MAIS VELHOS OS IMORTAIS DOMINAM A RALÉ....
UM QUINTO DA POPULAÇA NÃO PARTICIPA NO JOGO SÃO OS GAYLARKS
E ESCAPAM AO ASSASSÍNIO POR HASSASHIN'S
QUE VISITAM OS JOGADORES DE TEMPOS A TEMPOS
EXCEPTO OS AMARANTO QUE TÊM DIREITO À IMORTALIDADE
THE AMARANTH SOCIETY 10 MIL INDIVÍDUOS COM CLONES COM EMPATIA COM
A MENTE DO ORIGINAL E QUE SÃO LIBERTADOS AQUANDO DA MORTE ACIDENTAL
DE UM DELES
ASSIS OU ASSAD THE JACYNTH TORNA-SE NO NEW JACYNTH
OU EM PORTUGUÊS NO NEW JACINTO LEITE CAPELO REGO
ENFIM PODIA SER PEOR
PODIAM SER ALQUILOS DE ARSÉNICO QUE ATÉ ENGORDAM
POIS SÃO VASODILATADORES INTESTINAES
AUMENTA A ABSORÇÃO LOGO AUMENTA O APETITE
LET'S LOOK AT THE TRAILER...
To Live Forever is a SF novel by Jack Vance, first published in 1956. In the Vance Integral Edition, it was retitled Clarges.
The city of Clarges in the future is a near-utopia, surrounded by barbarism throughout the rest of the world. Abundant resources and the absence of political conflict lead to a pleasant life that should be stress-free. However, nearly everyone is obsessed with a perpetual scramble for life, as measured by slope.
Medical technology has led to a great lengthening of the human lifespan, but, in order to prevent the Malthusian horrors of over-population, it is awarded only to those citizens who have made notable contributions. Five categories have been created for those playing the life-extension game, the first four each offering an additional twenty years of life. The ultimate prize is the top category, called Amaranth, which offers (to the fortunate few) true immortality. People who achieve this distinction are accorded the honorific "The" in front of their name.
The Grayven Warlock was one of those accomplished few, but he has become a fugitive after a feud with another Amaranth resulted in the latter's death. Masquerading as his own "relict" (clone) using the name Gavin Waylock, he lives in obscurity, looking for the accomplishment that will reinstate him among the immortals. However, Waylock's dramatic stratagems result in changes to society far beyond anything he had intended.
Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel as "frighteningly logical". saying that "[t]he sick, inbred society of Vance's imagination comes fully alive, even though his characters remain mere symbols."
A ETERNA TERNA MAÇONARIA DAS BOAS OBRAS DEIXA-NOS COMER AS SOBRAS?
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