Charles Platt

:The American architect is Charles A. Platt.

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Charles Platt is the author of 40 fiction and nonfiction books, including science-fiction novels such as The Silicon Man (endorsed by William Gibson as "A plausible, well-crafted narrative exploring cyberspace in a wholly new and very refreshing way") and Protektor (recently published in paperback by Avon Books).

Related Topics:
Charles Platt - The Silicon Man - William Gibson - Protektor - Avon Books

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As a fiction writer, Charles Platt has also used pen-names: Aston Cantwell (1983), Robert Clarke (Less Than Human, a robot story, in 1986) and Charlotte Prentiss (prehistorical novels, between 1981 and 1999). As Blakely St. James, he collaborated with William E Butterworth to a series of erotic novels.

Related Topics:
Aston Cantwell - Robert Clarke - Less Than Human - Charlotte Prentiss - Blakely St. James - William E Butterworth

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Platt is a contributing writer for Wired magazine, where a dozen of his features have appeared so far, and was an early and prominent user of MindVox. His nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Omni, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times.

Related Topics:
Wired magazine - MindVox - Omni - The Washington Post - The Los Angeles Times

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He also taught computer graphics at a college in New York City and was President of CryoCare Foundation, a cryonics organization that he co-founded in 1994. He also worked for Alcor, a company which may be best known for cryopreserving Ted Williams' head after he died. Platt now manages a company called "Suspended Animation, INC", which is based in Boynton Beach, Florida. Suspended Animation will receive and prepare remains (that is, cryopreserve either whole bodies or portions thereof) before they are sent on to storage facilities such as the Cryonics Institute.

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Cryonics - Alcor - Cryopreserving - Ted Williams - Suspended Animation, INC - Boynton Beach - Florida - Cryonics Institute

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Platt is British-born but has lived in New York City since 1970.

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Charles Platt apparently once wrote a review about the series of military science-fiction novels Hammer's Slammers in which he claimed that had the author, David Drake, really seen war he would not write "such queasy voyeurism." Mr. Drake, a Vietnam Veteran, has since taken to including despicable characters named "Platt" in his writings.

Related Topics:
Hammer's Slammers - David Drake - Vietnam Veteran

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