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* The eponymous Diadem from [[Jo Clayton|Jo Clayton's]] Diadem Saga was specifically built to enact this as a revenge. It can not be taken off once put on, and it gradually absorbs and traps the wearer's mind, which remains completely conscious long after the wearer's physical death. It was created by an ex-lover of Harksari, who (impatiently) killed her and threw her body into a volcano. She had to wait until the planet itself was rubble and a passing asteroid miner put on the diadem before she could sense anything outside of herself or make contact with another person again. Shadith, on the other hand, only had to lie around as crumbling bones for a few hundred years; but all three of the Diadem's victims were looking at an eternity in a glass case in a museum until Events Transpired. |
* The eponymous Diadem from [[Jo Clayton|Jo Clayton's]] Diadem Saga was specifically built to enact this as a revenge. It can not be taken off once put on, and it gradually absorbs and traps the wearer's mind, which remains completely conscious long after the wearer's physical death. It was created by an ex-lover of Harksari, who (impatiently) killed her and threw her body into a volcano. She had to wait until the planet itself was rubble and a passing asteroid miner put on the diadem before she could sense anything outside of herself or make contact with another person again. Shadith, on the other hand, only had to lie around as crumbling bones for a few hundred years; but all three of the Diadem's victims were looking at an eternity in a glass case in a museum until Events Transpired. |
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* A form of this is seen in the [[Black Company]] books, in both the concept behind the Taken, and in what happens to the Dominator, the Lady, and the Ten before they are released. Also what happens to Shivetya, Dominator, Limper, and possibly Kina and {{spoiler|Croaker}} |
* A form of this is seen in the [[Black Company]] books, in both the concept behind the Taken, and in what happens to the Dominator, the Lady, and the Ten before they are released. Also what happens to Shivetya, Dominator, Limper, and possibly Kina and {{spoiler|Croaker}} |
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* Narrowly averted in [[Lawrence Watt |
* Narrowly averted in [[Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans' Mis-Enchanted Sword]] where the protagonist would have continued to age but be immortal, forever, unless he could find a way to get around the [[Clingy MacGuffin|sword's spell]]. |
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* In [[Stanislaw Lem|Stanislaw Lem's]] ''[[Tales of Pirx the Pilot]]'', one of the initial tests for astronauts is a temporal version of this: cadets must pass a test where they are depraved of all senses and have to endure that as long as possible. After several hours, this becomes very troubling. |
* In [[Stanislaw Lem|Stanislaw Lem's]] ''[[Tales of Pirx the Pilot]]'', one of the initial tests for astronauts is a temporal version of this: cadets must pass a test where they are depraved of all senses and have to endure that as long as possible. After several hours, this becomes very troubling. |
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* Som-Som from Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard who is only able to see and hear but is unable to say or act upon the actions of those around her. |
* Som-Som from Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard who is only able to see and hear but is unable to say or act upon the actions of those around her. |
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