309
Aborigines, 90
About, Edmond, 254
Aging process:
reversing the, 279, 289-91.
See also Gerontology
Agriculture, future, 191-3
Alacaluf Indians, 60
Allport, Gordon, 132
Altizer, Thomas, 211
Aquinas, Thomas, 160
Ardrey, Robert. 117, 163
Aristotle, 155
Arnold, M. B., 13
Arthropods, 193-6.
See also Robots Artificial insemination.
See Superman, sexual aspects of
Asimov, Isaac, 108, 232-4
Automation, 188.
See also Computers, Robots and
Servomechanisms
Bach, George R., 104
Bakerman, Seymour, 289-90, 293
Barnard, Christian, 268, 269
Barth, Karl, 212
Bedford, James, 209, 271
Bester, Alfred, 40
Bevan, E. R., 17
Beyond This Horizon (Heinlein), 38, 200
Bio-Feedback Training (BFT), 297
Bjorksten, Johan, 279, 289, 293, 294
Body Language (Fast), 36
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 212
Brave New World (Huxley), 107, 138
Bridgman, Paul W., 221
Bromberger, Sylvain, 125
Brown, Barbara, 297
Buddha, 28, 244
Bultmann, Rudolf, 212
Bush, Vannevar, 47
Business, future, 188-91
Carrel, Alexis, 4
Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de, 7, 221
''Childhood''s End (Clarke), 40
Christianity:
and cryonics movement, 208-13, 214-17;
and science, 219-22;
weaknesses of, 26, 166-8, 211, 217-19, 222
City and the Stars, The (Clarke), 40
Clarke, Arthur C 39, 40, 82
Cole, Dandridge 60, 76, 247
Computers, 73, 79, 116, 201, 202
Comte, Auguste, 47
Conservation, 181 3
Cooper, Evan, 256, 277
Cryobiology:
defined, 254;
research in, 259-61, 271, 285-8.
See also Cryonics
Cryocapsules, 257-8
Cryogenic interment. See Cryonics
Cryogenics, 251
Cryonics:
and medical ethics, 267-70;
defined,251;
history of, 253-9;
obstacles to, 100-1, 274-8, 280, 282-3-1
Opposition to, 258, 261-3, 265-70;
research in, 270-2, 297-8; support for, 170, 272-4. See also
Cryobiology Cryonics movement:
arguments for, 208-11, 213, 243, 244-7,
264-5, 280-3;
commercialism in, 277-8;
goals of, 210-11, 213-14, 216-17;
Policy of, 255-6;
Present state of, 226-9, 250;
Problems of, 100-1, 234-42, 251-3, 259,
261-7, 274-8 309
310
Cryonics Societies of America, 7, 256-7,
260, 270, 271, 277-9;
Scientific Advisory Council of, 272-4
Cryonic suspension. See Cryonics
Cryoprotective agents, 286, 287-8
Cybernetics, 201
Darby, Wesley, 209
Death, 254-5. See also Immortality
Demolished Man, The (Bester), 40
Devil''s Disciple, The (Shaw), 28
Dewey, John, 160
DNA, 3, 295-6. See also Eugenics
Dolinoff, Anatole, 274
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 36
Dubos, Rene, 123
Durant, Will, 109-10,166
Eccles, J. C., 96
Ectogenesis. See Superman, sexual
aspects of
Egyptians, 253
Emerson, Ralph W., 124
Environmental Handbook, The (DeBell), 182
Epic of Gilgamesh, The (Stapledon), 32-3
Epicureanism, 159
Eugenics:
defined, 41, 194;
necessity of, 4-7, 15;
opposition to, 4.6;
possibilities in, 2-4, 294-7.
See also Euthenics
European Cryonics Corporation, 274
Euthenics:
defined,42,294;
possibilities in, 116, 136, 137, 144, 295.
See also Eugenics
Everett-Wheeler-Graham theory, 248
Extra-sensory perception, 86. See also
Superman, as ghost
Eysenck, H. J., 146, 147
Family, 96-101. See also Marriage
Feinberg, Gerald, 82, 84, 266, 267
Food of the Gods, The (Wells), 30
Frank, Benjamin, 291
Franklin, Benjamin, 253
Freeze-drying, 288. See also Cryonics
Freud, Sigmund, 189-90
Fromm, Erich, 157, 159
Future life. See Agriculture; Business:
Houses; Justice; Politics; Sports;
Wealth; Work
Gautama, Siddhartha. See Buddha
Genetic code. See DNA
Genetic engineering. See Eugenics
Gernsback, Hugo, 33
Gerontology: research in, 289-91; theories of, 292-4. See also Aging process
Ghosts, 84-7. See also Superman
Giantism. See Superman Gilgarnesh, 23, 24. See also Superman
Gluttcny. See Superman, physical aspects of
Gouras, Peter, 260, 288 Graham, Billy, 221, 222
Gruman, Gerald J., 24, 27, 227
Halasz, N., 259
Haldane, J. B. S., 58
Hamilton, Ralph, 259 Hamilton, William, 211
Harman, Denham, 291
Harrington, Alan, 229-31
Harris, M. Coleman, 260
Havelock, Ronald, 275
Hayakawa, S. 1., 124
Hayes, James S., 78
Hebrews,93
Heinlein, Robert, 38, 122, 147, 200
Hermaphroditism. See Superman, sexual aspects of
Hibernation. See Superman, physical aspects of
Holmes, Sherlock, 35-7 Homosexuality. See Superman, sexual aspects of
Houses, future, 201-5
How to Conquer Physical Death (Otto), 215
Hoyle, Fred, 162
Hsien, 27. See also Superman
Humanism, 164-5, 212, 213, 218
Huxley, Aldous, 107 Hyperplasia, 103
Hypnotism. See Superman, physical aspects of
Iatmul Indians, 93
Idealism, 160-4, 165-70,173
Immortalist, The (Harrington), 229-30
Immortality:
and ethics, 154-5, 173, 174-5,
desirability of, 1-2, 11, 24, 41-2, 179-8 1;
possibility of, 78-84; problems of, 178, 183, 226-8, 238-42.
See also Superman, ethics of
Immortality Newsletter, The, 215-16
Intelligence quotient, 50-1
Jacob, Stanley W., 273, 288
James, William, 145, 160
Jensen, Lawrence, 256
Johansen, Robert, 269
Jones, Neil R., 253, 254
311
Judaism, 208-9, 218, 223
Justice, future, 184-8
Kahn, Herman, 180
Kamiya, Joseph, 297
Kant, Immanuel, 160
Karow, Armand M. Jr., 286
Kelvin, Lord, 220
Kent, Saul, 278
Keynes, John M., 190
Khorana, H. Gobind, 3
Kinsey Alfred, 45
Kinzel: Augustus B., 93
Kirk, Russell, 234-6
Koestler, Arthur, 123
Koran, 217
Kornberg, Arthur, 295
Kugelmass, 1. N., 289
LaFollette, Bronson, 258
Language, 124-31, 169
Latent life, 227. See also Cryonics
Lederberg, Joshua, 4, 231-2, 255, 294
Lehr, Herndon, 259
Leonard '' George B., 120
Levi-Strauss, Claude, 94, 99
Life, future. See Agriculture; Business;
Houses; Justice, Politics; Sports;
Wealth, Work
Lillehei, C. W., 269
Lindzey Gardner, 145
Lorenz, Konrad, 18, 19. 20, 163
Low temperature anabiosis (LTA), 227.
See also Cryonics
Low temperature storage, 288. See also
Cryonics
Luxons, 83
McBain, Howard, 209
McCay, Clive, 290
McLuhan, Marshall, 120
Man:
aggression in, 18-19;
and marriage, 91-4;
and morality, 166-8, 169,172-4, 175-7;
fear in, 133, 140-4;
ideologies of, 20, 152;
intelligence in, 50-1;
motivations of, 132-6, 140-01, 162-4;
personality change in 138, 144-7, 156;
physical weaknesses of, 10-13, 14-16, 21;
productivity in, 49-51;
psychic weaknesses of, 16-18, 20-2,
132;
sex differences in, 102-5, 107-13;
variance in, 45-6, 104.
see also Superman
Man and Superman (Shaw), 28, 29, 30
Mandell, Steven, 269
Marriage, 92-6. See also Family
Marxism, 218, 224
Maslow, Abraham H., 135, 136, 145-6, 148,156
Masturbation. See Superman, sexual aspects of
Mead, Margaret, 93
Medawar, Peter B., 10, 14
Men Like Gods (Wells), 31
Messenger, E. C., 215 Money, J., 105
Mormons, 93
Muller, H. J., 293
Nakamura, Hajime, 126-7
Negovskii, Vladimir A., 274
Nelson, Robert F., 256
New Adam, The (Weinbaum), 38
Newton, Isaac, 245
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 212
Niehans, Paul, 291
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 24,25, 26,159
Nissen, Henry W., 135
Oceanography, 66
Orwell, George, 26,124
Otto, A. Stuart, 215, 216
Parkinson, C. N., 126
Parthenogenesis. See Superman, sexual aspects of
Photons, 84
Physical Review, 267
Plato, 110, 160
Pohl, Frederik, 112
Polanyi, Michael, 130
Politics, future, 191
Polyandry, 94
Polygyny, 93, 94, 100
Prospect of Immortality, The (Ettinger), 227, 235, 255L
Rahner, Karl, 224, 225
Religion. See Christianity and Judaism
Rhine, Joseph, 86
Robertson, Ralph D., 273
Robots, 180-1, 205-7
Rogers, Stanfield, 295
Rosenfeld, Albert, 7, 297
Rostand, Jean, 254, 287
Sappho,110
Schillebeeckx, Eduard, 222
Science:
and religion, 219-23;
Science fiction:
supermen in, 30-5, 38-40, 101-2, 122,
200,253-4
Second Genesis, The (Rosenfeld), 297
Selye, Hans, 292
Servomechanisms, 74
312
Shaw, George Bernard, 28, 29, 30
Sickle-cell anemia, 15
Sinex, F. M,, 289, 293
Singh, M. D., 94
Slan! (van Vogt), 39
Smith, Audrey U., 273
Spinoza, B., 159
Sports, future, 197-201; fatal injuries in, 199-201
Stapledon, Olaf, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41
Star-Begotten (Wells), 31
Stephens, C. A., 253
Stout, Rex, 37
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein), 38
Strehler, Bernard, 255, 289, 292
Sturgeon, Theodore, 101, log
Suda, Isamu, 259, 260
Sudras, 94
Superman: and family, 96-101;
animal properties of, 58-62, 69-70, 77;
as cyborg. 73-7;
as extended body, 76-8;
as ghost, 94-7;
as giant, 72, 78-81, 83-4;
as midget, 71-2;
as saucer man, 76;
as tachyons, 83-4;
definition of, 48;
emotional aspects of, 33, 77, 147-51
ethics of, 33, 154-5, 158-60, 170-71
formation of 294-8;
historical, 27-8;
immortality of, 78-84;
in literature, 23, 24-6, 28-30, 35-8 42;
in science fiction, 30-5, 38-41, l02-2;
intellectual Powers of, 77, 131
language of, 124, 128, 129-31 169;
need for, 8-9, 12, 210-11, 214: 216-217;
personality structure of, 43 122-3, 135-40, 144, 149-53, 157-8
2~3-1
physical aspects of, 43-87
biological weapons, 63;
bodies, 81
body armor, 62-3;
brain, 72-3, 75, 79-90, 86, 117;
cold resistance, 60-1;
drought resistance, 61 69;
eating, 55-7, 67-70, 90;
elimination, 54-5;
energy, 48-52, 70;
gills 67
hair, 54, 61, 62;
heat resistance: 61;
hibernation, 47, 61 288;
hypnotism and control of metabolism, 57-8, 297;
limbs, 74, 76;
mind, 86-7 120, 143;
modified organs, 55,
66, 74-5, 199;
muscle coordination, 59;
size, 47, 71-2, 105;
skin, 52-53
specialized glands, 63;
wings, 64-6;
plant properties of, 70;
sexual aspects of, 88-91, 116-21;
artificial insemination, 98;
chastity, 115-16;
"cloning methods", 89, 98;
ectogenesis, 107;
hermaphroditism, 101-2;
homosexuality, 107-13;
marriage, 92-6;
masturbation, 113-14;
parthenogenesis, 89, 108;
transsexuality, 111-13;
specialization in, 62, 65;
underwater, 66-7, 73, 199.
See also Man
Suspended animation, 187-8. See also
Cryonics
Symonds, P. M., 145
Tachyons, 83, 84, 87, 267
Tardyons, 83
Territorial Imperative, The (Ardrey), 163
Tillich, Paul, 212
Transsexuality. See Superman, sexual aspects of
Unitarian Universalist Church, 223
Vogt, A. E. van, 39
Voronoff, S., 290
Walford, R. L., 293
Walling, Marie H., 209
Watson, James, 296
Wealth, future, 179-91, 183
Webb, Watts R., 286
We Froze the First Man (Nelson), 256
Weinbaum, Stanley G., 38, 39
Weinberg, George, 144, 145, 146, 156
Wells, H. G,, 30, 31, 32, 47, 265
White, Jerome B., 298
Whorf, Benjamin Lee, 124
Wiener, Anthony, 180
Wiener, Norbert, 201
Wilson, Robert A., 290
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 124
Wolfe, Nero, 37-8
Work, future, 189-091
World of NullA, The (van Vogt), 39
Wylie, Philip, 101
Yoga, 58, 297
Young, Paul T., 133, 158