Rachel L. Ruhlen wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Mia McDavid [mailto:mia_mcdavid at comcast.net] > > > >>It would certainly be dreary for a human to have a lover that took ill >>and died every few decades; one would then have to find his >>reincarnation and wait for it to attain adulthood; a most tedious lapse. >> >> > >This reminds of a story or movie I read or saw. I only remember it vaguely. >Maybe someone else would recognize it? The main character made a foolish vow >at some point not to die until he had made good for a mistake he made that >had resulted in the death of his beloved, and ended up tracking her soul >every time she died, and hadn't yet succeeded in rectifying his error. Orson >Scott Card, maybe? > > From your description, I thought of Star Trek. I don't know if it was in a movie (none come to mind) or in an episode, but I seem to recall similar circumstances being central to the plot of whatever it was. Hopefully there's someone on this list that can remember better than I can... Jose -- Jose Marquez \ Cthulhu 2004 jhereg69 at earthlink.net \ Why vote for http://home.earthlink.net/~jhereg69 \ the lesser evil?