As with all reviews on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete overview of the book; rather, it is to examine how the book relates to the meaning of life. Secret Wars II is a nine-issue comic series that was published in 1985-1986 and was written by Jim Shooter. The series was a squeal to Secret Wars, that was published in 1984-1985. The collection features the antagonist, the Beyonder, as he searches for meaning and purpose as an omnipotent being in a multiverse which he doesn't understand. The Beyonder is a near omnipotent being from another universe, a universe in which he was ..read more

Skeptic is an American magazine that prompts scientific skepticism and was first published in 1992. In this article we look at the Vol 17 No. 1 2011 edition, which contains an article written by David Zeigler, entitled What is the purpose of a Sponge? A Biologist Contemplates the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Zeigler attacks the question of purpose in life by examining life at the extreme ends of the evolutionary process. It is theorized that most modern life evolved from sponges, and from Zeigler's reasoning, sponges have no purpose other than to perpetuate their individual ..read more

The Sunday Times is a British newspaper that was founded in 1821. The magazine which is produced by the Sunday Times started in 1962. In this article we explore the September 17, 2023 edition which features ,Michael Palin - subtitled, The Meaning of Life: Michael Palin on finding his way after the death of his wife of 57 years. In this edition, Michael Palin is interviewed after his wife of 50+ years passed away. For those of you not familiar with Palin, he is best known around the world for his work co-writing and co-starring in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), T ..read more

As with all reviews on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete overview of the book or movie; rather, it is to examine how the book or movie relates to the meaning of life. Mother Night is a fictional novel that was published in 1962 by Kurt Vonnegut. In 1996, a movie adaptation directed by Robert B. Weide was released, starring Nick Notle. The Book: The story revolves around the American character Howard W. Campbell Jr. who moved to Germany as child, fell in love with a beautiful actress named Helga, and decided to stay there despite the onset of WWII. He became both a famous pla ..read more

Every year celebrities and philosophers from around the world write to endev42 telling us their thoughts on the meaning of life. Often, the answer are short and to the point—often they are positive, sometimes—depressingly negative. The best are deep in thought, pages long. All responses are posted regardless of the content. For a complete list of celebrities that have written to endev42 over the years, check out our celebrities page. Below are the celebrities that wrote to endev42 in 2023 about the meaning of life: Thomas Fox Averill - American novelist, known for Secrets of the Tsil Café, The ..read more

As with all reviews on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete overview of the book or movie; rather, it is to examine how the book or movie relates to the meaning of life. Breakfast of Champions is a novel that was written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1973. The book revolves around the lives of three individuals, Dwayne Hoover - a Pontiac dealer, Kilgore Trout - an unknown by widely publicized author, and Kurt Vonnegut - a widely publicized and well-known author. According to Kurt, the book was written in order to clear his head of all the junk inside of it, and at many times, it does seem ..read more

As with all reviews on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete overview of the book and movie; rather, it is to examine how the book and movie relate to the meaning of life. Slaughterhouse-Five is a semi-autobiographic science fiction novel that was published by Kurt Vonnegut in 1969, and was later turned into a movie in 1972. Slaughterhouse-Five is one of Vonnegut's most popular books and it is easy to see why. It is a poignant and darkly comical reflection of humanity—especially because at the time the book was written, the senselessness of World War II was still in everyone's m ..read more

As with all movies on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete synopsis of the film, but rather to document how the movie relates to the meaning of life. With that said, be forewarned, there are still spoilers ahead. The Marvel Eternals movie was released in 2021 and was directed by Chloé Zhao. A number of high profile actors and actresses also started in the film, e.g., Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Ma Dong-seok, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_me3xsvDgk The basic premise of the film is that ten super-heroes known as the Eternals are sent to Earth around 5000 B.C. to fight cr ..read more

The Purpose of Man in the Universe was published in 1958 by John Hulley in Volume 1, Number 3, of the Space Journal. We couldn't find much information about John Hulley during our brief search online, besides what was listed in the Space Journal. John Hulley was a graduate from Harvard, a veteran of WWII, and he also conducted research into space philosophy. He did write three articles for Space Journal. The Space Journal was published by the Rocket City Astronomical Association and Space Enterprises, Inc. from 1957 to 1959. What makes John Hulley's article interesting is that it not only exa ..read more

As with all movies on this website, our goal is not to provide a complete synopsis of the film, but rather to document how the movie relates to the meaning of life. With that said, be forewarned, there are still spoilers ahead. Asteroid City is a lackluster sludgefest of a movie directed by Wes Anderson. In theory, it is comedy-drama about a play within a film, people coming to terms with grief, coming of age, and trying to find meaning admist it all. In reality, I didn't laugh once and didn't find the film interesting in the least. Despite the long list of well-known celebrities and their att ..read more