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Anyway, who is to know if future rulers of the planet — currently called Earth — would allow resuscitation; or, if they do, to what purpose re-animated ancestors would be used? On the benevolent side, a future generation which could actually talk to a man or woman who had lived, say, 200 years ago would then be able to write 'history' as it is 'lived'. I'd like to talk poetry with Percy Shelley; chew the fat with Tom Paine. The list for anyone is endless. Would it be a planet without war? But what about the other side of the coin? A man or woman who is woken up would have no idea, literally, what is at stake. Would they be able to 'talk' as we understand it now and understand each other? Whatever you say might be treasonable, or you may be deemed as a worthless specimen: an unintelligent savage with nothing to contribute whatsoever to the present order of things, not even to science, medicine, history or social values, as we know them now, but not in the future, then. Would it be a planet of total, global warfare?

The LONGEVITY REPORT certainly gets you thinking, and any interested reader or enthusiast for or against long life should get hold of a copy.

Longevity Report is the newsletter of Longevity Books and carries articles on cryonics and related topics. Articles are for information only and those seeking advice on cyrogenics are advised to consult a professional. The newsletter is produced on A4 paper and this issue has a beautiful photo of an evening sky on the front cover.

WELCOME TO NEW READERS is, perhaps illogically, at the back and is not very welcoming, as it tells the reader that they should go away and sign up to the yahoo group instead. Two excerpts from the yahoo group then follow.

Most of this issue (pp 8-26) is given over to a report from Douglas Skrecky on his FLY LONGEVITY EXPERIMENTS. He noted the effect of different dietary regimes on the flying ability of flies of an advanced age. Somewhere towards the end he mentions a 'ube shutdown' in the experiment — I certainly have to admit to experiencing a comprehension shutdown way before that.

However, this is a journal for experts and enthusiasts and I am neither. The shorter articles are more accessible to the lay-person and include thought provoking discussions on issues relating to longevity from Utopia to stomach acids, along with a previous New Hope International Review of the journal, quoted in full!

The first article in the journal, Olaf Henny's BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO LIFE FROM THE DEAD speculates on how his father, who died in East Germany in 1962, would react to modern society and technology. Later in the journal, Roger L Bagula's article UTOPIA AS A TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE discusses whether it would be possible to create a 'real' Utopia that could guarantee a stable society without compromising human rights. Both articles bring up a central question to the field of cryo-suspension: Would there be a better life waiting for the newly revived or would they find themselves alienated by currently unimaginable technologies or social controls?

Although it can't as yet offer the definitive answer to that question, Longevity Report is fascinating and thought provoking and a must-read for those with an informed interest in the field.