To Live Forever

TitleTo Live Forever
Year for Search1956
AuthorsVance, Jack [John Holbrook](1916-2013)
Date Published1956
PublisherBallantine Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia where immortality can be earned, but anyone trying to earn immortality becomes involved in a system of oversight that controls all aspects of life. The novel concerns a man who violates the rules and, in effect, gives people back their freedom.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. as "Clarges." In Gold and Iron Clarges The Languages of Pao. Vol. 7 of The Complete Works of Jack Vance (Oakland, CA: Vance Integral Editions, 2002), 191-459. UK ed. as To Live Forever. London: Sphere, 1976.

Title Note

Rpt. as "Clarges." 

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt, TxU

Author Note

(1916-2013)

Full Text

1956 Vance, Jack [John Holbrook] (1916-2013). To Live Forever. New York: Ballantine Books. Rpt. as “Clarges.” In Gold and Iron Clarges The Languages of Pao. Vol. 7 of The Complete Works of Jack Vance (Oakland, CA: Vance Integral Editions, 2002), 191-459. U.K. ed. as To Live Forever. London: Sphere, 1976. MoU-St, PSt, TxU

Dystopia where immortality can be earned, but anyone trying to earn immortality becomes involved in a a system of oversight that controls all aspects of life. The novel concerns a man who violates the rules and, in effect, gives people back their freedom.