cryostasis n.
a frozen state of a person or body induced in order to preserve it for long periods; cryosuspension n.
Frequently in in cryostasis
SF Encyclopedia
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1975 Momentary Taste of Being in Her Smoke Rose up Forever (1990) 295
James Tiptree, Jr.
Ninety percent viability after ten-year cryostasis⦠We are ready for that planet.
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1987 Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Aug. 95 (advt.)
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Save your life through cryostasis Frozen after clinical death, you may be revived & rejuvenated by future technology.
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1993 Muddle Earth 11β12
John Brunner
The bulky man stumped toward the three in black, leering. βI told you: he faked his death and cryostasis!β
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1998 Spectre viii. 84
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Seven are in cryostasis awaiting burial.
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2001 The Sea of Death in Interzone (#169) July 41/2
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Neal Asher
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We found decayed bodies in thick frozen brine and thought it was cryostasis gone wrong.
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2007 Red Moon xxix. 220
He instructed David to change the phone number six months after he was in cryostasis.
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2016 Starburst (#429) Oct. 117/2
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You play as Corus Valott, a man awakening from cryostasis only to find his world in ruins.
Research requirements
antedating 1975
Earliest cite
"James Tiptree"
Research History
Suggested by Randy Hoffman, 1/10/02.We would like to check the 1975 example, from "James Tiptree", in the original publication, Robert Silverberg's _New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction_.
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