Summary

Advanced Studies in Cranial Reanimation - Protagonist Travis narrates the process of his waking up in hospital, referring to having received a diagnosis of terminal cancer (lymphoma); to having agreed to an experimental procedure for having his head removed and transplanted on another body (when medical science had advanced enough to make it possible); to waking up after the operation to do just that; and to seeing his parents happy that he’s alive. He also recalls the doctor’s first words: “Welcome back, Travis Coates.”

Welcome Back, Travis Coates - The chapter begins with a flashback to the first time that the possibility of Travis living beyond the death sentence of his cancer came up: during a visit to Travis’ home by Dr. Lloyd Saranson, who gives Travis and his reluctant parents the news that it’s possible to cryogenically freeze someone...