The practice of cryogenic preservation is limited to a group of frivolous elite celebrities, who awaken only to attend glamorous televised grand parties, with the result that they become more and more alienated from the normal citizens of each era in which they awaken.
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Placement
- Party Set — #1
- contained in Elegy for Angels and Dogs / The Graveyard Heartanthology
- contained in Four for Tomorrowcollection
- contained in Great Short Novels of Science Fictionanthology
- contained in Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964anthology
- contained in The Magic: (October 1961-October 1967) Ten Talescollection
- contained in Thresholdcollection