· Sum. In the afterlife you relive all your experiences, but this time with the events reshuffled into a new order: all the moments that share a quality are Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. · David Eagleman’s Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives was published in February I read it in January (I called it “good pre-dream reading.”) Now I’m writing about it . Sum – David Eagleman. At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version,.
Sum Egalitaire Circle of Friends Descent of Species Giantess Mary The Cast Metamorphosis. Missing Spirals Scales Adhesion Angst Oz Great Expectations Mirrors Perpetuity The Unnatural Distance. Reins Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives - by David Eagleman ISBN: Date read: How strongly I recommend it: 10/10 (See my list of + books, for more.). Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews.. Awesomely creative think-piece. 40 very short fictional stories about what happens when you die. "Eagleman is a true original. Read Sum and be amazed. Reread it and be reamazed." - Time Magazine Read more select reviews about David's book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives .
Sum is written by the neurologist, David Eagleman. In his mini tales from the afterlife melancholy is mixed with a peculiar sense of humor. He creates different backdrops for the stories and takes them as they would proceed in the Afterlife. One would expect a pleasant life definitely. But each of them is touching in their own way. David Eagleman’s Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives was published in February I read it in January (I called it “good pre-dream reading.”) Now I’m writing about it in February SUM shows us forty wonderfully imagined possibilities of life beyond death. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, your creators are a species of dim-witted creatures who built us to figure out what they could not.
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