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Frozen: My Journey into the World of Cryonics, Deception, and Death
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If I hadn't done some follow-up research to verify that this story is really true, I would have thought it was some crazy pseudo-science fiction story. It is almost too incredible to comprehend.
The book provides a first-person insider account of Alcor Life Extension Foundation's facility, mission, and operations. Alcor runs a cryonic suspension facility which, in layman's terms, means that they freeze people shortly after death in the hope that some day science and medicine will advance to the point that these "suspended" people can be "reanimated", or thawed out and brought back to life.
The book is well written and very engaging. Mr. Johnson, a life-long paramedic, decides to change careers and takes an intriguing job heading up Alcor's rapid response teams who, he learns, are responsible for securing Alcor's recently departed members' (referred to at Alcor as "Alcorians") bodies and preparing them for cryo-suspension. As he learns more about Alcor and their operations, he realizes that they are extremely cult-like and that their operations and procedures range from flippant to downright dangerous. The most disturbing thing he realizes is that there is a lot of evidence that Alcor has "helped along" the deaths of several of its dying members.
As if this whole story wasn't weird enough, he also discovers that the body of baseball giant Ted Williams is being held in cryo-suspension against his last wishes in the Alcor facility, wrapped up in a legal battle between his children and Alcor.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. At first I just couldn't believe it was non-fiction and did a little research on the Internet to verify some of the things that it was saying and found out it was true. I had to continuously force myself not to dig deeper in my research until I finished reading it because I didn't want to spoil the book, which did a very good job of telling this outrageous story in an entertaining and suspenseful way.
In the end, this book fits the observation that "This has to be true...nobody could make anything this crazy up and expect anyone to believe it", or more succinctly, "Truth is stranger than fiction".
I recommend this book.
If you enjoy this book, you may also like the following nonfiction books:
The book provides a first-person insider account of Alcor Life Extension Foundation's facility, mission, and operations. Alcor runs a cryonic suspension facility which, in layman's terms, means that they freeze people shortly after death in the hope that some day science and medicine will advance to the point that these "suspended" people can be "reanimated", or thawed out and brought back to life.
The book is well written and very engaging. Mr. Johnson, a life-long paramedic, decides to change careers and takes an intriguing job heading up Alcor's rapid response teams who, he learns, are responsible for securing Alcor's recently departed members' (referred to at Alcor as "Alcorians") bodies and preparing them for cryo-suspension. As he learns more about Alcor and their operations, he realizes that they are extremely cult-like and that their operations and procedures range from flippant to downright dangerous. The most disturbing thing he realizes is that there is a lot of evidence that Alcor has "helped along" the deaths of several of its dying members.
As if this whole story wasn't weird enough, he also discovers that the body of baseball giant Ted Williams is being held in cryo-suspension against his last wishes in the Alcor facility, wrapped up in a legal battle between his children and Alcor.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. At first I just couldn't believe it was non-fiction and did a little research on the Internet to verify some of the things that it was saying and found out it was true. I had to continuously force myself not to dig deeper in my research until I finished reading it because I didn't want to spoil the book, which did a very good job of telling this outrageous story in an entertaining and suspenseful way.
In the end, this book fits the observation that "This has to be true...nobody could make anything this crazy up and expect anyone to believe it", or more succinctly, "Truth is stranger than fiction".
I recommend this book.
If you enjoy this book, you may also like the following nonfiction books:
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December 18, 2016
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December 23, 2016
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