Cryonics Magazine
<p>This collection of PDFs tracks the evolution of the graphic design of Alcor’s magazine. From the dry zine-like feeling of the mid 80s, it moves into a sci-fi head shop aesthetic in the early 2000s, and more recently settles into the feel of a drab trade publication. Each issue features a chart tracking membership, broken down by geography as well as whether they are currently alive or have been frozen. The magazine focuses on the cultural acceptance of Cryonics, recent scientific developments (like CRISPR gene editing) and an ongoing history of Alcor itself. There is something exhausting about reading Cryonics. The scientism seems at odds with the wildly speculative nature of the whole project. Freezing themselves to be defrosted in a utopian future where disease has been eradicated counts on a world where civilization continues and promises made to the dead are kept.</p>
Series Editor: ALCOR Life Extension Foundation
ALCOR Life Extension Foundation