title: Confrontations with the Reaper: A Philosophical Study of the Nature and Value of Death
author:  Fred Feldman 
description: <br>"Lucid, sensible, and insightful throughout. The criticisms of alternative approaches are particularly penetrating, and the positive suggestions are thoughtful....I have considerable admiration for this fine book. Feldman talks sense about difficult, murky, and perplexing matters."--J.M. Fischer, <em>Philosophical Review</em>
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  THE REAPER’S IMAGE
  
  
  Stephen King
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “We moved it last year, and quite an operation it was, too,” Mr. Carlin said
  as they mounted the stairs. “Had to move it by hand, of course. No other way.
  We insured it against accident with Lloyd’s before we even took it out of the
  case in the drawing room. Only firm that would insure for the sum we had in
  mind.”
  
  
  Spangler said nothing. The man was a fool. Johnson Spangler had learned a long
  time ago that the only way to talk to a fool was to ignore him.
  
  
  “Insured it for a quarter of a million dollars,” Mr. Carlin resumed when they
  reached the second-floor landing. His mouth quirked in a half-bitter, half-
  humorous line. “And a pretty penny it cost, too.” He was a little man, not
  quite fat, with rimless glasses and a tanned bald head that shone like a
  varnished volleyball. A suit of armor, guarding the mahogany shadows of the
  second-floor corridor, stared at them impassively.
  
  
  It was a long corridor, and Spangler eyed the 