The Prospect of Immortality [Hardcover]

Robert C.W. Ettinger (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday & Co.; Bookclub edition (1964)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000MAODEW
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,931,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First and Central Text, November 5, 2004

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Troy Crayson "Troy Spiral" (Detroit , Mi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prospect of Immortality (Hardcover)

This is the clarion call for cryonics in its pre-natal stage. This was the first widely read book on the subject and as such is by default the genesis of the cryonics cannon.

Any serious student of cryonics needs this book. It is not nearly as readable or as "slick" as other modern books on the subject , as it was written at a time before there we any signposts to go by in this field.

I rate this book 5 stars for its significance rather than its "readability". In terms of being a cryonics primer, this is not the book you want, all you need for a primer is 2-3 hours on the alcor.com website. (the most prominent of the cryopreservation firms)

The fact that this book does not have more visibility than it does is a crime.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "manifesto" of the Immortalist movement, January 21, 2008

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Peter H. Christiansen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prospect of Immortality (Hardcover)

This book, which I read when it was first published in 1964, a month before I graduated from college, literally changed my life, as it has the lives of thousands of people since. This is the seminal work of the immortalist movement. Indeed many leading cryobiologists and scientists in other fields today were inspired to become scientists by this book. The additional contributions by R. Michael Perry, also the author of a seminal work - FOREVER FOR ALL, and by Charles Tandy, a life long student of Immortalism, only add to the value of this updated edition.

Peter H. Christiansen M.Div.
Former Senior Minister
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles
Mt Diablo (Walnut Creek CA) Unitarian Universalist Church

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best harbingers of the future, October 26, 2007

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Brian Wright "bwisok" (Merrimack, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prospect of Immortality (Hardcover)

Needless to say, transhumanism and cryonics are still considered "out there" by the vast majority of humankind. "How can you possibly bring back a person's consciousness?" "God never intended people to live past 'three score and ten.'" "Won't this make the population explosion even worse?" "Who wants to come back all old and wrinkled." "I'll be happy to leave this veil of tears."

One hears all manner of rationalizations and just plain misconceptions to accept the status quo. More than 40 years ago (!!) Dr. Ettinger made, still to this day, the most eloquent and passionate appeal to assure a practically immortal future for every commoner who wants one.

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