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(eds.). <i>Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy</i>. <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia_Press" title="University of Georgia Press">University of Georgia Press</a>. pp. 3–12. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8203-1733-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8203-1733-0"><bdi>0-8203-1733-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/34319944">34319944</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Philosophical+Models+of+Immortality+in+Science+Fiction&rft.btitle=Immortal+Engines%3A+Life+Extension+and+Immortality+in+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy&rft.place=Athens%2C+Georgia&rft.pages=3-12&rft.pub=University+of+Georgia+Press&rft.date=1996&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F34319944&rft.isbn=0-8203-1733-0&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=John+Martin&rft.au=Curl%2C+Ruth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;;margin-top:.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischerCurl2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Martin_Fischer" title="John Martin Fischer">Fischer, John Martin</a>; Curl, Ruth (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xeAiDCSqEBMC&pg=PA93">"Appendix to Chapter 6: Philosophical Models of Immortality in Science Fiction"</a>. 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Oxford University Press. pp. 93–101. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-537495-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-537495-7"><bdi>978-0-19-537495-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Appendix+to+Chapter+6%3A+Philosophical+Models+of+Immortality+in+Science+Fiction&rft.btitle=Our+Stories%3A+Essays+on+Life%2C+Death%2C+and+Free+Will&rft.pages=93-101&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-19-537495-7&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=John+Martin&rft.au=Curl%2C+Ruth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxeAiDCSqEBMC%26pg%3DPA93&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GreenwoodComputers-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GreenwoodComputers_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLangford2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">Langford, David</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9/page/154/mode/2up">"Computers"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Gary_Westfahl" title="Gary Westfahl">Westfahl, Gary</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Greenwood_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy:_Themes,_Works,_and_Wonders" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders">The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders</a></i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 154. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32951-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32951-7"><bdi>978-0-313-32951-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Computers&rft.btitle=The+Greenwood+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy%3A+Themes%2C+Works%2C+and+Wonders&rft.pages=154&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-313-32951-7&rft.aulast=Langford&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgreenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9%2Fpage%2F154%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BlackfordReshapingTheHuman-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BlackfordReshapingTheHuman_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlackford2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Blackford" title="Russell Blackford">Blackford, Russell</a> (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jlU0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173">"Reshaping the Human"</a>. <i>Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics</i>. 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Springer. pp. 173–174. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-319-61685-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-319-61685-8"><bdi>978-3-319-61685-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Reshaping+the+Human&rft.btitle=Science+Fiction+and+the+Moral+Imagination%3A+Visions%2C+Minds%2C+Ethics&rft.series=Science+and+Fiction&rft.pages=173-174&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-3-319-61685-8&rft.aulast=Blackford&rft.aufirst=Russell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjlU0DwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA173&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HistoricalDictionaryOfScienceFictionInLiteraturArtificialIntelligence-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HistoricalDictionaryOfScienceFictionInLiteraturArtificialIntelligence_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBooker2014" class="citation book cs1">Booker, M. Keith (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WRi7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28">"Artificial Intelligence (AI)"</a>. <i>Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature</i>. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 28. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7884-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7884-6"><bdi>978-0-8108-7884-6</bdi></a>. <q>Cyberpunk writers and their successors have also frequently imagined the uploading of human minds into computers, thus creating a special sort of artificial intelligence that can free individuals of the limitations of biological bodies, a notion that would be notably extended in the work of Greg Egan.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Artificial+Intelligence+%28AI%29&rft.btitle=Historical+Dictionary+of+Science+Fiction+in+Literature&rft.pages=28&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-8108-7884-6&rft.aulast=Booker&rft.aufirst=M.+Keith&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWRi7BAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GreenwoodEncyclopediaImmortality-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GreenwoodEncyclopediaImmortality_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWestfahl2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Westfahl" title="Gary Westfahl">Westfahl, Gary</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9/page/418/mode/2up">"Immortality and Longevity"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Gary_Westfahl" title="Gary Westfahl">Westfahl, Gary</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Greenwood_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy:_Themes,_Works,_and_Wonders" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders">The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders</a></i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 418–420. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32951-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32951-7"><bdi>978-0-313-32951-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Immortality+and+Longevity&rft.btitle=The+Greenwood+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy%3A+Themes%2C+Works%2C+and+Wonders&rft.pages=418-420&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-313-32951-7&rft.aulast=Westfahl&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgreenwoodencyclo0000unse_k2b9%2Fpage%2F418%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mind_uploading_in_fiction&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeraci2010" class="citation book cs1">Geraci, Robert M. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-2fHNa8DZGoC&pg=PA54">"Science Fiction Sacred"</a>. <i>Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality</i>. Oxford University Press. pp. 54–56. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-974133-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-974133-5"><bdi>978-0-19-974133-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Science+Fiction+Sacred&rft.btitle=Apocalyptic+AI%3A+Visions+of+Heaven+in+Robotics%2C+Artificial+Intelligence%2C+and+Virtual+Reality&rft.pages=54-56&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-19-974133-5&rft.aulast=Geraci&rft.aufirst=Robert+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-2fHNa8DZGoC%26pg%3DPA54&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+uploading+in+fiction" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLorrimar2022" class="citation book cs1">Lorrimar, Victoria (2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hxNkEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37">"Imagining Prospective Technologies"</a>. <i>Human Technological Enhancement and Theological Anthropology</i>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science-fiction_authors" title="List of science-fiction authors">Authors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Definitions_of_science_fiction" title="Definitions of science fiction">Definitions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthropological_science_fiction" title="Anthropological science fiction">Anthropological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_science_fiction" title="Hard science fiction">Hard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_romance" title="Scientific romance">Scientific romance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_science_fiction" title="Soft science fiction">Soft</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction" title="Golden Age of Science Fiction">Golden Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_science_fiction" title="History of science fiction">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Wave_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="New Wave science fiction">New Wave</a></li> <li><a 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