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"What I have in my stories is ethics. Ethics and morality are very different cups of tea. I adhere to a very strict rigor of personal ethics and I demand it of those around me as well."
- Harlan Ellison
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| Cold-Pack | ||
| Technology for indefinite cold storage of human beings. |
| Parsons said, "How long has this man been in the cube?"
"He has been dead for thirty-five years," Loris said matter-of-factly. Parson's said, "...Can he be brought out of the cold-pack?" "Yes," Helmar said. "For no more than half an hour at a time, however..." Now the cube had been opened by Lodge technicians. The cold-pack was being sucked out greedily by plastic suction tendrils. In a moment the body would be exposed... "He will warm rapidly," Helmar grated. "It's no form of refrigeration you're familiar with. Molecular velocity has not been reduced. It has been differently phased." |
| From Dr. Futurity,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Ace Books in 1960 Additional resources -
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Compare with cold-sleep from Heinlein's 1951 novel Between Planets as well as bibs, from Dick's 1964 story Cantata 140.
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