The Postmortal

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• Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards •   The gripping first novel by Drew Magary, author of The Hike and The Night the Lights Went Out

“An exciting page turner… . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. The Postmortal is … even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse.” — Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing

John Farrell is about to get “The Cure.” Old age can never kill him now. The only problem is, everything else still can …

Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.

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p. 8

Curiosity is seeking out answers to your questions. It’s about satisfying everything you want to know about you or things around you. It’s about your own personal fulfillment, isn’t it? So, really, is there much difference between curiosity and vanity?

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p. 37

“But no one told me forever would be this long!“

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p. 135

An establishment isn’t truly trendy unless it pisses you off.

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p. 169

He turned and stared at me as only a baby can. Everything is a puzzle they’re trying to solve. Hope and terror are the same emotion.

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p. 197

Without death, we don’t learn a goddamn thing about life.

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p. 321

Being stuck awake in the middle of the night feels like prison. There’s nothing to do with yourself, especially when someone else is in the room.