X-Message-Number: 28997 References: <> From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: Re: Guardian review of Appleyard's book Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:57:38 -0800 I find no real surprise in Conrad's review of Appleyard's book. The book cover gives away his attitudes in an instant, and the titles and descriptions of his other books make them explicit ("In a less-than-subtle anti-science polemic..."). That he doesn't mention that cryonics can be paid for with life insurance is Just One More Thing. Sigh. Kennita On Jan 21, 2007, at 2:00 AM, CryoNet wrote: > From: "Mark Plus" <> > Subject: Guardian review of Appleyard's book > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:15:29 -0800 > > Re: Bryan Appleyard's "How to Live Forever or Die Trying: On the New > Immortality" > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Live-Forever-Die-Trying/dp/0743268687/ > sr=8-1/ > > http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/scienceandnature/ > 0,,1995097,00.html > > Wake me up in a hundred years > > Bryan Appleyard's How to Live Forever or Die Trying offers an > intriguing > look at the geeky, freeze-dried, pill-popping world of people who > want to go > on and on > > Peter Conrad > Sunday January 21, 2007 > The Observer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28997