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The Language of Longevity

September 23, 2016by lalancaster 2 Comments

If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

Day in the Life of a Millennial Tour Guide

September 13, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

The rolling tundra stretches on for miles and the tour coaches’ diesel engine rattles. We stop for a twenty minute break so the visitors to Alaska can see the first […]

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Aging, Culture and Society

Would you share immortality?

August 16, 2016by lalancaster 3 Comments

If you discovered a treatment that allowed people to stay alive (and healthy) in their own bodies indefinitely, would you share it? Portions of the novel I’m writing deal with […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, Polls

Do any cultures not believe in immortality?

August 7, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

I visited a cathedral during Semana Santa in Ecuador. I knelt in a buddhist temple in Thailand. Then recently, while staring at the screen trying to find a subject for […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Hungry For Immortality

July 28, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

What do myths tell us about societies and their views on immortality? Most myths imply it’s unattainable or undesirable. Recently, I saw an article on Listverse called 10 mythological ways to become […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Losing Immortality at the Last Second

June 6, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

What is it about a story where the hero loses at the last second? It’s especially common in myths about the human quest for immortality. When I was preparing to […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Immortality In Pearl Harbor

May 24, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

Tucked in the back corner of the Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, is a small origami paper crane in a glass case. The monument is the […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Redheads Don’t Have It All

May 13, 2016by lalancaster 1 Comment

It’s almost carnival season and time for booths where you’ll pay someone to guess your age. If you are one of those guessers, pay attention to a new study. If […]

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Aging, Culture and Society

How to Be Immortal, Even If You Die

May 7, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

One topic I don’t often talk about on this blog because it’s not exactly science fiction, is immortality brought about by fame. We see it from the pyramids to the […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

T/F: Historically, Children Were Named At One Year

May 3, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

Some people don’t settle on a name for their child until they see that wrinkly, smooshed little face. Some name their children in the womb. Yet others have names picked […]

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