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    Waking Up Different
    Waking Up Different
    Waking Up Different
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    Waking Up Different

    By Ray Daley

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    In the course of medical advances, there may come a time when we can safely freeze ourselves and wake in what will hopefully be a better, brighter future.

    The operative word there being "hopefully".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateFeb 1, 2014
    ISBN9781311211132
    Waking Up Different
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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