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Forty Tales from the Afterlives

David Eagleman

Summary: 40 short stories with a twist at the end from a very imaginative neuroscientist.

Score: 80 / 100

I’ve read the book because it’s highly recommended by Derek Sivers (https://sive.rs/book). I suspect many people have read the book from the same reason. Just look at the book here on goodreads and see the section “Readers also enjoyed”.

Anyway.

The imagination of Eagleman is amazing. I really appreciate the succinctness. A few sentences for intro, one or two paragraphs of detailing the idea and then, gotcha! Phew, that was good and here goes the next story…

This review has been posted on goodreads.

Clippings

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• Your Highlight on page 12 | Location 177-178 | Added on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:54:29 PM

fretting through the doomed ignoble cycles of local politics,

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives (Eagleman, David)

• Your Highlight on page 12 | Location 177-178 | Added on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:54:32 PM

fretting through the doomed ignoble cycles of local politics,

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• Your Highlight on page 12 | Location 177-178 | Added on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:54:36 PM

we organized and educated ourselves. Instead of fretting

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• Your Highlight on page 14 | Location 211-212 | Added on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:59:32 PM

coveted, and ached—just like God Himself. He marveled

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• Your Highlight on page 14 | Location 213-213 | Added on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 10:00:03 PM

joy turn to trepidation as they began to scrap and brawl.

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• Your Highlight on page 27 | Location 403-404 | Added on Saturday, January 23, 2021 7:29:49 AM

“It is not the brave who can handle the big face, it is the brave who can handle its absence.”

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• Your Highlight on page 68 | Location 1041-1041 | Added on Saturday, January 23, 2021 1:10:34 PM

you’ll see one of them arm in arm with the affectionate

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• Your Highlight on page 68 | Location 1041-1041 | Added on Saturday, January 23, 2021 1:10:37 PM

you’ll see one of them arm in arm with the affectionate