Talk:The Lazarus Effect (novel)

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I am nearly certain that "lazarus effect" predated this novel but I forget the details. If I am correct then perhaps young people will never know the truth and believe that the term began with this novel. A Google search just finds more recent references. Sam Tomato (talk) 04:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lazarus has of course been in use in several metaphorical senses since the time of the NT, including various constructions in which it is adjectival, i.e. lazarus something-or-other. Lazarus effect as such is of more recent vintage. Lazarus syndrome was first described in the medical literature in 1982. Lazarus effect is also in use as a synonym of Lazarus syndrome - if this is the sense you were thinking of, you are technically correct. We can even surmise that the phrase in this sense was in the news, in 1982, around the time the authors were deciding on a title (then again, they may already have chosen the title prior to 1982, since it continues the theme of Jesus incident).

2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:A47F:7C0F:CF94:F6CC (talk) 19:53, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

the majority of humanity is heavily mutated from the genetic experiments performed by Jesus Lewis,[edit]

The underseas people are normal or at least not heavily mutated, and make up 90% of the population, it is said in the novel. The raft people make up the remaining 10% and they the ones that are heavily mutated.2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:A47F:7C0F:CF94:F6CC (talk) 19:46, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]