X-Message-Number: 5699
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:34:55 -0600 (CST)
From: N E U R O M A N C E R <>
Subject: Some excellent cryo-fiction (Mac Tonnies)

I admit to not following the recent discussion of science-fiction, but wanted
to mention two cryonics-related novels that were not at all _intended_ to
advocate transhumanism in any direct way (as far as I know). 
1.) "BUG JACK BARRON" by Norman Spinrad
     I thought this was a fantastic treatment of the political aspects of
immortality.  This has probably already been mentioned here.
2.) "HEADS" by Greg Bear
     This short novel is truly "chilling."  It deals realistically with the
dispersal of cryonics organization after going bankrupt and offers a weird
glimpse into a kind of uploading.

Has anyone read "Fire Pattern" by Bob Shaw?  This is a pretty corny novel about
Spontaneous Human Combustion (a seemingly least-likely subject under which to
find cryonics-related material!).  Interestingly, the fictional cyronics group
in this novel (stationed in Antarctica, of course) is called "CryoCare."  I
thought this was funny.  Are any members of the actual CryoCare aware of this?

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Mac Tonnies   
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Northwest Missouri State University
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