Word: mortalities
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...philosophers." GOLEM lapses into total silence but leaves behind several lectures in which it puts Homo sapiens in an unflattering light ("After its early mastery, Evolution got bogged down in bungling"). The computer may ultimately be right. But for the time being, in Imaginary Magnitude, an entertaining and intelligent mortal has the first word...
...runaway wife to the Lady Luck Motel in Las Vegas and murders her. In her grave back home in Minnesota, Giselle feels her spirit stir and realizes that she, like the heroine of the ballet Giselle, is destined to haunt her husband. Unfortunately, the escape from her moldering mortal remains requires the simultaneous death of her mother, who wakes up in "a kind of halfway house" to heaven. Mamma has access to a TV set on which she can call up any scene she wishes from her past life;in keeping with the restful atmosphere, an attending angel of mercy...
Some 13 years later, with student riots the thing of nostalgia pieces, and hardly the overbearing threat that could effectively halt classes and occupy University Hall, Harvard's Messiah seems remarkable mortal--mortal enough to fuel occasional speculation over his successor...
...each character, especially in a trio with his two compatriots, the heads of both political parties. Crowley's Loed Chancellor tries to prevent Phyllis' marriage to Strephen, who unbeknown to him is his son by Iolanthe, the fairy who was banished for marrying the lord because he is a mortal...
...Kelly's Strephon is a better actor than singer, most likely because his voice seemed strained from too many performances. His excellent portrayal of the confusion of being half-mortal and half-fairy is most poignant as he croons for his bellowed, shepherdess. Phyllis, Julis Friedi's Iolanthe is delightful, although she spends little time on stage. When she does appear, her rough also blasts out, revealing an unusual voice that contrasts well with the others...