“Immortal Is the Heart”

Year for Search
2024
Secondary Title
Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art
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The story is set in a future mostly uninhabited U.S. Midwest where nothing grows after the devastation caused by climate change and wars. The protagonist is a man who is part of the Lonely Funeral Project who travels to the remains of towns to find out about the people who died there and hold a funeral service in which they are remembered. 

Pagination
41-59, with an illus. by Diana Scherer on 40 and a note on the author on 228.
Published Date

2024

Publisher
The MIT Press
Place Published
Cambridge, MA
ISBN Number
978-0-262549080
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2024 Khaw, Cassandra (b. 1984). “Immortal Is the Heart.” Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art. Ed. Indrapramit Das (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2024), 41-59, with an illus. by 978-0-262549080 on 40 and a note on the author on 228. 

The story is set in a future mostly uninhabited U.S. Midwest where nothing grows after the devastation caused by climate change and wars. The protagonist is a man who is part of the Lonely Funeral Project who travels to the remains of towns to find out about the people who died there and hold a funeral service in which they are remembered. The Malaysian transgender author’s birth name was Zoe Khaw Joo Ee.

Illustration

Illus. Diana Scherer

Author Note

The Malaysian transgender author’s(b. 1984)  birth name was Zoe Khaw Joo Ee

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