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- noun science fiction A deep
sleep during which the body is stored at verycold temperature, to preserve it;cryogenic sleep.
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Examples
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A good story, except for this: A teenage boy, going on an interstellar trip in cryosleep to a new colony takes a paper version of Charlotte's Web with him as his weight allowance.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Interzone 216 - Andy Cox Blue Tyson 2008
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Westerfeld's story is good and the right type, for example, but not sure I buy a 13 year old boy taking as his weight allowance an ancient paper book for much younger readers, when he lives in a future time that has working cryosleep voyages to distant stars for colony reasons.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Starry Rift - Jonathan Strahan Blue Tyson 2008
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In two weeks, before we leave the solar system and you go into cryosleep, prizes will be awarded for the first couple to achieve pregnancy.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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Your first children will be born thousands of mears in the future, after you have awakened from cryosleep.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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Absolutely brilliant movie. 2 minutes in as Sully was coming out of cryosleep I nudged my friend and gave the thumbs up!
Sound Off: James Cameron's Avatar - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2009
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I†™ d been put in emergency cryosleep to conserve energy and my beacon had been turned on.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Westerfeld's story is good and the right type, for example, but not sure I buy a 13 year old boy taking as his weight allowance an ancient paper book for much younger readers, when he lives in a future time that has working cryosleep voyages to distant stars for colony reasons.
Archive 2008-05-01 Blue Tyson 2008
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I woke up from the deep cryosleep with a bleary head and a taste in my mouth like I†™ d licked a battery.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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I woke up from the deep cryosleep with a bleary head and a taste in my mouth like I†™ d licked a battery.
365 tomorrows » Dear John : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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A good story, except for this: A teenage boy, going on an interstellar trip in cryosleep to a new colony takes a paper version of Charlotte's Web with him as his weight allowance.
Archive 2008-06-01 Blue Tyson 2008
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