... his relatives still live. Lafferty was no stranger to receiving awards. He was nominated for numerous Hugo and Nebula awards. These awards are reserved for only the most prestigious science fiction writers. In 1971 he won the Phoenix Award. 1972 brought a Hugo award for "Eurema's Dam" and the Invisible Little Man Award. He received the Smith Award in 1973. It would be ... collection of essays shows this evolution to continue. It is possible that Moskowitz would agree with this assumption after reading more of Lafferty's works. Robert Scholes also takes a look at the more distant past o...

• Word Count: 2850
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... your soul dies with you. If there is a heaven, is it an unlimited hard drive that never fills up? Reincarnation is not a viable option. The belief that the soul returns into a different entity is absurd. But who knows? Those that believe go ever Sunday to congregate and pray to a "being- that may ... act independently of determination by outside influences. 3. We create our own human nature through these free choices. 4. We also create our values through these choices. The Existentialist View (We create our own nature.): We are thrown into existence first without a predetermined nature an...

• Word Count: 5369
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School