X-Message-Number: 10104 From: "Geoff Lee" <> Subject: Arthur C. Clark Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:22:59 -0000 In message 9978, the following is stated: > I read with interest the posts on CryoNet that science fiction authors Joe > Haldeman and Frederick Pohl are not signed up for cryonics. Makes me wonder, does > anyone know Arthur C. Clarke's opinion on cryonics. In his book, 3001: THE FINAL > ODYSSEY, he writes of astronaut Frank Poole being reanimated, and mentions > downloading and nanotechnology, very similar to stuff we are familiar with > already. But he also writes in 3001 that immortality has not been achieved yet > (but how could we ever know about that for sure, forever is a long time ). > It would be a shame to lose him. > Best Regards, > Kevin Spoering In the book "Profiles of the Future", revised edition 1973 (original edition 1962) by Arthur C. Clark, a chart is provided that summarises scientific achievement over the past 150 years plus an extrapolation of scientific achievement to 2100. In this chart the following two entries are provided: a. 2050 Suspended Animation b. 2095 Immortality Regards Geoff Lee Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10104