In My Time of Dying

How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

De: Sebastian Junger

Narrado por: Sebastian Junger

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.

For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet, the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children. Crippled by abdominal pain, Junger was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Once there, he began slipping away. As blackness encroached, he was visited by his dead father, inviting Junger to join him. “It’s okay,” his father said. “There’s nothing to be scared of. I’ll take care of you.” That was the last thing Junger remembered until he came to the next day when he was told he had suffered a ruptured aneurysm that he should not have survived.

This experience spurred Junger—a confirmed atheist raised by his physicist father to respect the empirical—to undertake a scientific, philosophical, and deeply personal examination of mortality and what happens after we die. How do we begin to process the brutal fact that any of us might perish unexpectedly on what begins as an ordinary day? How do we grapple with phenomena that science may be unable to explain? And what happens to a person, emotionally and spiritually, when forced to reckon with such existential questions?

In My Time of Dying is part medical drama, part searing autobiography, and part rational inquiry into the ultimate unknowable mystery.

©2024 Sebastian Junger (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Stunning

Don’t miss this of the subject appeals. Great writing and a spoken performance that is up to the task.

Highly Personal and Thought Provoking Read

I preordered this book after hearing the author interviewed on a recent podcast. I found it a well written, thought provoking read expertly read by the author. An eye-opener that keeps your interest to the end.

Quality of writing and narration are excellent

The author makes excellent point about NDEs nearly unique characteristic of visions of deceased relatives. The only negative of the book was too much time on pop physics at the end. There are many who do not accept the Copenhagen Theory and have alternatives.

Physics take on eternity

Too much filler information that was put in to stretch the number of pages. Interesting take from science and physics on life or consciousness after death.

Insanely good

Gripping and fascinating. Well researched and exquisitely written. So glad Sebastian Junger also narrated, as a story like this really can’t be told by anyone but the person who lived it.

Fascinating story about the Universe!

Great account by Sebastian Junger about his amazing life and experience with death. A must read for everyone like me who is in his mid 80’s. BR.

Astonishing, brilliant.

Fascinating, deep. Will listen to over and over to be able to absorb it all.

Just listen to a pod cast with author.

Though the subject and story was interesting the book did not add any more depth, examples, or scientific evidence than the author presents in podcasts. I was expecting more. It was a touching story about death and near death experiences. It was too short and parts of another book was used as what appeared to be filler.

Intense and Honest – Deep and Thoughtful!

Sebastian Junger’s detailed narration resulting from his life-changing medical emergency is still rolling around in my mind - his soothing, solid voice questioning life as we know it by using his father’s experiences and many other incredible minds that have shaped our current knowledge. Junger’s blunt honesty about mortality and his sincere respect for the known and unknown is humbling.

Deaths Perspective

Deep dives into how we perceived death and how it can unexpectedly impact our daily lives and the lives of those around us. An excellent short book that's down to the point.