The Decreasing Impact of Death In Sci-fi

brumgrunt writes "Are science fiction TV shows and movies overusing death as a plot device? And, more crucially, do any of us believe that a dead character is really dead any more?"

Happened to my Dad's Uncle

[Maximum Prophet]

My dad had an uncle who woke up at his own funeral. The uncle lived several years after that. This would have been in Nova Scotia around the 1930's.