Failed Futures, Broken Promises, and the Prospect of Cybernetic Immortality

"Failed Futures, Broken Promises, and the Prospect of Cybernetic Immortality: Toward an Abundant Sociological History of Cryonic Suspension, 1962–1979" is a 2016 dissertation by Grant W. Shoffstall about the early history of cryonics. It was written for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The dissertation has 229 pages.