Fwd: Re: Popsicle

[Dave Wilton]

Prucher's Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction has:

1966 R. C. W. Ettinger _Worlds of Tomorrow_ (Nov.) 71/2: His wife Mildred,
has made many contributions, including a new name for the frozen, brittle
people: Homo Snapiens. (This is certainly more dignified than Fred Pohl's
"corpsesicles.")

1969 F. Pohl _Age of Pussyfoot_ 210: It is true, however, that no corpsicle
has yet been thawed and returned to life.

>From the first quote, it would seem the Pohl had an earlier use of the term,
but it's not in the dictionary.

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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Popsicle

>... then there's the derived "corpsicle" for a cryogenically stored corpse.
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>Robin
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Oops, sorry, Robin, missed your post until after posting mine.  But
the question still stands--who and when?

LH

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