The first immortal
by James L. Halperin · first published 1998
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On his death, a doctor has himself frozen in the hope science will one day reanimate him. That day arrives a century later and the novel describes the doctor's adjustment to a new world. One of his first acts is to clone his dead wife, which is now possible.
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky - introduced me to the rationalist movement The First Immortal by James Halperin - introduced me as a sixth grader to things like cryonics, nanotech, etc. Got me thinking about a realistic ambitious nearer term future for humanity, rather than a more fantasy-like…
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗Halperin's The First Immortal is damned near a written infomercial for Alcor, but is still a pretty interesting book in its own right in terms of exploring various cryonics scenarios. Edit: looks like it's available freely online:…
on “Hal Finney being cryopreserved now” ↗> ...for up to a week I was a little disappointed. I read The First Immortal in the 90s, about a guy who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a future where human biological immortality is possible. I still remember it from time to time. Since then, I've been hopeful, but…
on “DIY Cryogel Sustains Live Cells” ↗