Flight of the Soul

By Kalifer Deil

The play “Flight of the Soul” contrasts several points of view about eternal life but features a “brain uploading” concept proffered by Ray Kurtzweil and others including the author. In the play Ray Kurtzweil is thinly disguised as Ray Kurtz. Others are archetypes of other points of view except Bob Mover (a Bill Moyers type) and Mrs. Altevine, a rich widow in search of eternal life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kalifer Deil
• Release date: Dec 4, 2010
• ISBN: 9781458081445

Kalifer Deil

Kalifer Deil is the pen name of Gary Feierbach a Silicon Valley computer software and hardware engineer. His technical publications are under Gary Feierbach. All others are under Kalifer Deil. He has a BA in Physics and Mathematics and an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.He has worked on computer architecture, design, engineering management, and systems and application software for NASA, Intergraph, Sun and Apple.He has only recently devoted most of his time to writing. Most of his works would be classified as hard science fiction. Hopefully it is in the spirit of Issac Asimov but generally a bit more gritty and less inhibited. Please visit his website http://www.kaliferdeil.com for some free stories, poems and other oddities or go to http://www.speculativescience.com for more information

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Flight of the Soul

by Kalifer Deil

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Copyright 2010 Kalifer Deil

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The characters and their portrayal are products of the author’s imagination with the exception that the characters Ray Kurtz and Bob Mover are partially modeled after Ray Kurtsweil and Bill Moyer. The reference to Bill Gates was meant to be humorous. The events are wholly fictitious. Any resemblance to persons living or dead outside of the exceptions noted is coincidental.

Table of Contents

Overture - music Heavy Curtain

ACT I - Living Room Scene

Play Pause - music Neural Response

Intermission - music before and after Gravely Techno1 & 2

ACT II - Garden Scene

Play Pause - music Tinkle Time

Play Pause - music Paradise Lost

EPILOG

Closing - music Final Word

About the Author

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Main characters:

Raymond Kurtz – fashioned somewhat after inventor/scientist Ray Kurzweil

Rev Faintspell – fashioned after any of a number of TV preachers

Bob Mover – A semi-neutral TV commentator with a pan religious view.(a Bill Moyer)

Carolyne Bluemoon – Movie actress who believes in re-incarnation

Mrs. Altavine – a rich elderly heiress who is concerned about her afterlife

The enclosed play was inspired by the contents of the book The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurtzweil, his own Socratic style, the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn, and the movie My Dinner with Andre by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory.

Music: The musical fabric referred to in this play was composed by Kalifer Deil and Jeff Whitman. The radio version of the play was performed by a group of engineers from Apple computer and it is available from the author along with the music.

Setting:

The sumptuous living room of Mrs. Altavine. Mrs. Altavine in a plush chair, Raymond in another chair and the remainder on a rather large sofa allowing much space between each.

Overture Music: Heavy Curtain

First Curtain

Act I - Living Room Scene

[Radio Version Introduction:

Announcer: Everlasting life! Is it possible in this corporal reality? This play