X-Message-Number: 10542
From: "den Otter" <>
Subject: Heinlein etc.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:50:16 +0100

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> From: Will Dye <>
> 
> Peter Merel asks:
> 
> > So I wonder: are we all Heinlein fans?

I've only read "Revolt in 2100" wich was a fairly interesting read.
I'm not sure about Heinleins ideas about religion in general, but
at least this story was a bit too tolerant of religion for my 
taste; only the extremist form is questioned. 

On the whole, I read very little SF. I'm more into Clive Cussler
and such...

> My memory's a little fuzzy on the matter, but as far as I can recall, 
> this is how I got into cryonics...
> 
> I loved cartoons as a kid, especially the old Warner Brothers ones.  
> I thought about growing up to become an animator, but then found out 
> how much work was involved, and that (at the time) the art form was 
> very much in the doldrums because of costs.  Thinking about that led 
> me to computers.  Thinking about building a simulated "cartoon 
> universe" to assist animation led me to machine intelligence, which 
> led me to the idea of a technological singularity, which led me to 
> think about what technology could ultimately do within the laws of 
> physics.  That led to ideas about what's now called molecular 
> nanotechnology, as well as many other ideas, including cryonics.  
> 
> So, I guess you could say that I'm not a Heinlein cryonicist, or an 
> Ettinger cryonicist, or a Drexler cryonicist.  I'm a Daffy Duck 
> cryonicist.  If there are any more out there, pleathe do thpeak up. 

My "first contact" with cryonics was when I saw "The Living Dead"
on Discovery Channel. I was instantly enlightened... :-) Later
I found out about nanotech, transhumanism etc., but by then I had
already decided to sign up. 

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