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Describes the recent developments on the cutting edge of cryonics, hibernation, and suspended animation, discussing laboratories and other facilities that are investing in and investigating extending life and keeping death at bay.
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"A specialist in end-of-life care at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Casarett has produced a travelogue about as comprehensive as possible without actually dying... His guide to the process of hauling passengers back up the exit ramp is fascinating."
-New York Times
"[Casarett] traces the colorful history of efforts to revive the dead with meticulous reporting and humor"
-Washington Post
"An exciting, firsthand account of scientific research whose implications are relevant to every living person."
-THE FUTURIST magazine
"Entertaining, informative, and at times, electrifying."
-Booklist
"Casarett accessibly reveals the work being done that may enable us to sleep far more, and so travel far further-in both place and time-than we ever dreamed."
-Publishers Weekly
"With a keenly-honed sense of true curiosity and a killer wit, the author gamely goes from mortuary to museum and back to look deeply at how "dead" is maybe not really dead these days. He melds old-school myth with modern technology to see why lives are saved (or not), and his irreverent comments and hilarious observances give the title of his book a wicked double meaning... Death is a trip we'll all take, and some of us will be lucky enough to return with minimal souvenirs. If you're ready to laugh in the face of that, then reading "Shocked" should be your aim."
-Terry Schlichenmeyer, "The Bookworm" in The Killeen Daily Herald
