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Subject: CRYONICS and SF Con
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 02:19:04 PST

To Kevin Brown Cryonet
CRYONICS and SF cons

February 17, 1993

>Message: #1752 - Science Fiction in SF
>Date: 15 Feb 93 23:51:57 EST
>From: Charles Platt <>

>First, please remember the DISMAL experience that Brenda 
>Peters had at similar event. I've dealt with science 
>fictionoids all my life, and in my experience, most of them 
>are only interested in fiction. 
>
>For this reason, I am doubtful about renting a room or a 
>table to give our literature.


While  in many ways Charles is correct and one must never go to a  science 
fiction  gathering expecting to receive overwhelming support for  cryonics 
or   anything  else  which  requires  doing  instead  of  imagining   ---- 
ConFrancisco may still be an excellent place to promote cryonics.  Already 
there  are 50 Alcor members in Northern California, plus most of  the  ACS 
members,  and perhaps three times that many people with strong  sympathies 
in  the direction of cryonics in the computer/technology fields.  Most  of 
these  people  are  SF  readers and many  other  SF-technophiles  will  be 
attending.   San Francisco is a different area for this market than  other 
major SF conventions, I really believe.

Angalee  Shepherd,  Richard  Shock,  and I hosted  Alcor  parties  at  the 
WorldCon  in  Chicago in 1991 and in Orlando in 1992.   Chicago  was  more 
effective  because more tech-oriented people were there and because  there 
were more panels on nanotechnology and life extension to focus that crowd.  

Besides,  it  was  fun  and we met other  Alcor  members  and  prospective 
members.   I think this could do a lot of good and provide a  hangout  for 
the fans who want to talk about the future and about technology instead of 
costumes, dragons, Klingons, and fandom as a way of life.

I hope a lot of Alcor members show up.

Steve Bridge

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