John Gray - The Immortalization Commission

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Scotsman“Chaos reigns... ” The general reader needs to be on her toes to keep up. A stimulating, tightly packed and thought-provoking book, set off by some enthralling - and some plain weird - character studies, it is not an easy read. had a small quibble at the end...

Financial Times“One of the most important and insightful polemicists...” An engaging additional chapter in its author’s long-running campaign to expose the quasi-religious and magical thinking that underpins our visions of progress. Gray’s anti-humanist instincts bore through the book like a worm-hole through an apple

The Telegraph“The book’s quality deteriorates...” Gray’s deep pessimism prompts a final subversive thought. If human existence is so pointless, when measured on a cosmic scale, why does Gray bother to write so many books or expect his fellow humans to read them...

The Independent“Little new to work with in this tome...” Written with his customary urgency and wit. The aria is familiar, the conductor is the same – only the orchestra is new. Gray has played this tune before, and better. For the sake of the philosopher within him, it is time to move on...

Guardian“A romp of a read... ” A sober account of a hitherto almost unnoticed but remarkably widespread phenomenon. In this brief, modest-seeming yet profound book he makes his most compelling plea yet for man to come to his senses and stop dreaming of immortality...