Sign-In
Cart
The Coffin Cure: A Positronic Book
Hardcover
Science FictionClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515421573
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A science fiction narrative centred on medical innovation, suspended life, and the ethical uncertainties surrounding experimental treatment. Set within a framework of advanced clinical practice, the story examines the use of a controversial procedure designed to preserve patients in a state between life and death, raising questions about recovery, risk, and the boundaries of intervention.
Alan E. Nourse develops the work through a combination of medical detail and speculative premise, grounding its central concept in procedural logic while allowing its implications to unfold through character and circumstance. The tension arises from the intersection of scientific possibility and human consequence, as decisions made in controlled environments carry unforeseen effects beyond them.
Positioned within Nourse's body of medical science fiction, The Coffin Cure reflects his ongoing interest in the responsibilities of the physician and the evolving relationship between technology and care. The narrative aligns with mid-twentieth-century speculative fiction's engagement with the promises and limits of scientific advancement.
3 different editions
Also available
Also in
Classic Fiction
James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (Loa #26): The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
Cooper, James Fenimore
Hardcover
Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, a Midsummer Night's Dream, the Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night
Shakespeare, William
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Paperback
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Goldman, William
Paperback
The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paperback
The Lord of the Rings Illustrated by the Author: Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Hardcover
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Goldman, William
Hardcover
The Pilgrim's Progress: A Readable Modern-Day Version of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (Revised and easy-to-read)
Vermilye, Alan
Bunyan, John
Paperback
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stoker, Bram
Shelley, Mary
Paperback