The idea for this Top list came when I read about a Startup that wants to upload people’s mind to the cloud. A lethal procedure with an uncertain outcome (read more about Nectome on The Guardian and Business Insider). They are, however, not the only ones and by far not the first ones to dream of immortality….
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The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality (The Crimson Fairy Book, 1910) by ANDREW LANG
Once upon a time, in the very middle of the middle of a large kingdom, there was a town, and in the town a palace, and in the palace a king. This king had one son whom his father thought was wiser and cleverer than any son ever was before, and indeed his father had…
THE STORY OF ARGILIUS AND THE FLAME-KING (FAIRY TALES FROM ALL NATIONS) by Count Mayláth
In a certain distant land once reigned a king and queen, who had three daughters and one son. As the king and queen were talking one day together about family matters, the king said to his consort: “Whenever our daughters happen to marry we shall be obliged to give to each of their husbands a…