
Design for Dying
Timothy Leary(Author)
R. U. Sirius(Co-Author)
Thorsons (Publisher)
Published on 21. July 1997
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7225-3545-5 (ISBN)
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Description
This is the 'Final Exit' from the guru of counterculture. Leary's final triumph, a book that tells us how to die happily and even return from the dead using ancient wisdom and high technology.
When Leary learned that he was dying of prostate cancer, he was thrilled to be embarking on life's final adventure. He began to plan to die with the same eccentric exuberance with which he lived. He died last May surrounded by his friends but before his death he mapped out this book and wrote his final testament on what he felt life and the afterlife holds for us. This book contains in Leary's trademark fashion, forceful anti-establishment attitude adjustment with a pitch for post-mortem options from cryogenics to downloading your soul onto the net. It is classic Leary: part philosophy, part memoir, part recipe and recommendations for controlling one's drug intake during dying!
When Leary learned that he was dying of prostate cancer, he was thrilled to be embarking on life's final adventure. He began to plan to die with the same eccentric exuberance with which he lived. He died last May surrounded by his friends but before his death he mapped out this book and wrote his final testament on what he felt life and the afterlife holds for us. This book contains in Leary's trademark fashion, forceful anti-establishment attitude adjustment with a pitch for post-mortem options from cryogenics to downloading your soul onto the net. It is classic Leary: part philosophy, part memoir, part recipe and recommendations for controlling one's drug intake during dying!
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'Timothy Leary was a child of chaos in his own sense; Socrates was a child of chaos.'Douglas Rushkoff
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7225-3545-5 (9780722535455)
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Design for Dying
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03/1998
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Timothy Leary was a Harvard psychologist, counter-culture guru and cyber-pioneer whose classic books include High Priest and Flashbacks.
R. U. Sirius - the author of the Cyberpunk Handbook, editor-in-chief of Mondo 2000 and a regular contributor to Wired.
R. U. Sirius - the author of the Cyberpunk Handbook, editor-in-chief of Mondo 2000 and a regular contributor to Wired.