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02485aam a2200469Ma 4500 001 C1D282CE754A11E093F7D39A6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110503010059 008 101027r20102009nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0143118250 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780143118251 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)515457463 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d OMB $d JIM $d SILO 050 14 $a BD444 $b .C38 2010 082 04 $a 129 $2 22 082 14 $a 129 $2 14 100 1 $a Cathcart, Thomas, $d 1940- 245 1 $a Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates : $b using philosophy (and jokes!) to explain life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between / $c Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2010, c2009. 300 $a viii, 245 p. : $b ill. ; $c 18 cm. 500 $a Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-236) and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Dead! Whatcha gonna do about it? : Surely there must be some mistake -- Let your angst be your umbrella -- Death: the way to go! -- Heideggerty-dog, ziggity-boom, what you do to me -- Spin your own immortality -- Part II. Eternity when you least expect it : The eternal now -- Part III. Immortality the old-fashioned way: on the soul train : Plato, the godfather of soul -- Heaven: a landscape to die for -- Part IV. Post mortem life: postcards from the other side : Tunnel vision -- The original knock-knock joke -- Part V. Death as a lifestyle choice : Beating death to the punch line -- Part VI. Biotechnology: stop the presses! : Immortality through not dying -- Part VII. The end : The end. 520 $a Explores death and the afterlife from lighthearted philosophical, theological, and psychological perspectives that consider that death may not be such a pessimism-inducing state. 650 0 $a Death. 650 0 $a Future life. 650 0 $a Immortality. 650 0 $a Death $v Humor. 650 0 $a Future life $v Humor. 650 0 $a Immortality $v Humor. 650 7 $a Death. $2 sears 650 7 $a Future life. $2 sears 650 7 $a Immortality. $2 sears 650 7 $a Death $v Humor. $2 sears 650 7 $a Future life $v Humor. $2 sears 650 7 $a Immortality $v Humor. $2 sears 700 1 $a Klein, Daniel M. 941 $a 2 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409014728.0 952 $l I6OX771 $d 20220719010838.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1D282CE754A11E093F7D39A6AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search