Frederik Pohl,Steve Crisp
Several centuries in the future, human society has reached a state of near-utopia. All communicable diseases have been eradicated and people live affluent, fulfilled lives. Lukewarm fusion provides almost limitless energy supplies, making space travel, even travel to far-distant stars, cheap and easy. And people have time for such pleasure cruises now, for a simple pre-birth operation ensures the body will not age. Other than fatal accidents, thereâ€™s every reason to expect to live forever.,Perfectâ€”except perfection somehow never includes everyone, and Rafielâ€™s perfect world is marred by the fact that he is aging and he will die.,In a peaceful world of ten trillion immortals, what is it that gives life meaning?
Science Fiction,Novella,Fiction
Outnumbering the Dead