# Books about immortals wandering the earth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279 "2016-10-11T20:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/21 "2016-10-12T10:14:20Z")
The _Twilight Zone_ episodes “Long Live Walter Jameson” and, briefly, “Escape Clause”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/22 "2016-10-12T11:40:46Z")
_Good Omens_, for values of “wandering the earth” that include “setting in motion the Apocalypse.” ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/23 "2016-10-12T15:00:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > added to list. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. It’s a fantastic read! And touches on what it’s like to be Immortal in the ‘real world’ (or in this case late 1800s NYC) and how to keep yourself safe from mobs with pitchforks, so to speak, while not chafing under ‘human’ restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/24 "2016-10-12T15:09:25Z")
Douglas Adams’ _The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul_, the sequel to _Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency_, involves Norse gods going incognito in present-day London. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/25 "2016-10-12T15:16:19Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Douglas Adams’ _The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul_, the sequel to _Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency_, involves Norse gods going incognito in present-day London. Beat me to my suggestion by minutes! This is a great book, both funny and tragic at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Panthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Panthan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panthan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/26 "2016-10-12T19:32:31Z")
“The Boat of a Million Years,” by Poul Anderson ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/27 "2016-10-12T21:02:31Z")
Gunnerkrigg Court (webcomic) The Computer Connection, by Alfred Bester Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny (short story) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/28 "2016-10-12T21:46:20Z")
There was a short story where the women who took Arthur to Avalon were sitting around a London flat playing bridge waiting for the time for him to come back and save England. “The Lady in the Basin” made me chuckle. I don’t remember the author or the name of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/29 "2016-10-12T23:51:07Z")
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break > **[The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603260.The_Minotaur_Takes_a_Cigarette_Break?ac=1&from_search=true)** > > Five thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur … Really liked this book. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/30 "2016-10-13T06:22:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Heck, darned near anything by Zelazny. Such as Creatures of Light and Darkness and Lord of Light, though not necessarily wandering _this_ earth. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/31 "2016-10-13T07:31:04Z")
If you’re willing to include comic books/graphic novels, then the Fables series. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/32 "2016-10-13T08:26:52Z")
The Horseclans books, by Robert Adams, and The Weapon Shops books by AE van Vogt. ETA: oops, the latter wasn’t on the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/33 "2016-10-13T09:52:15Z")
Not a book but the movie The Man from Earth (however written by notable SF author Jerome Bixby). ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/34 "2016-10-13T12:23:45Z")
The Company series by Kage Baker. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/35 "2016-10-13T13:43:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Heck, darned near anything by Zelazny. “And then the fit hit the Shann.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/36 "2016-10-13T20:25:24Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Not a book but the movie The Man from Earth (however written by notable SF author Jerome Bixby). I’ll second this. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/37 "2016-10-13T22:02:04Z")
Has James Gunn’s _The Immortals_ been mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/38 "2016-10-13T23:12:54Z")
Alfred Bester’s _The Computer Connection_. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/39 "2016-10-13T23:35:47Z")
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice. Takes place in the same universe as her vampire and witch books, but is self-contained. There’s nothing to make you think that any of the characters of this book are even aware of the stuff in the others. Basically, Ramses II is deathless, and archaeologists find him in a tomb in the early 20th century. Adventures occur. I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279/40 "2016-10-13T23:41:06Z")
From 1844: _The Wandering Jew_ by Eugène Sue > **[WANDERING JEW - JewishEncyclopedia.com](https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14773-wandering-jew)** > > Complete contents the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. > **[Wandering Jew (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Jew_(novel))** > > The Wandering Jew is a character from Christian legend. > Wandering Jew can also refer to: > Several trailing species of Tradescantia, also called spiderworts, inchplants, and wandering dudes: > Four species of dayflower: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279.md?page=3)