Colony Ship – Corpsicles by gmvgmvgmv

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Feb 19, 2013

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The origin of the term “corpsicle” rests with usage dating from 1969 in Fred Pohl's book The Age of the Pussyfoot, in which a corpsicle is referred to as "a zombie frozen in Alaska." However, in perhaps his greatest work, The World at the End of Time, Pohl, one of my favorite sci-fi authors, uses the term to refer to bodies placed in cryogenic sleep. Tragically, some thawed bodies suffer “freezer burn” and either die after the warming process has been completed or have injuries of one kind or another resulting in diminished physical or cognitive function. Perhaps, one day, colony ships will carry thousands of passengers in cryogenic sleep to distant worlds. Not likely at the rate we’re going, but we can always hope, can’t we? All models are either Bryce5 or Wings3d originals. Post work in PSP8. Thanks for lookin’!

Comments (30)

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Ancel_Alexandre

4:56PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Thanks for the explanation, and really great pic!

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Quest

5:30PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Great scene, wonderful texturing, love the spaciousness and feeling of volume and atmosphere the image exudes.

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tigertim

5:32PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

An amazing view... excellent impression of scale.. great work!

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sandra46

5:51PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

EXCELLENT WORK

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grafikeer

6:07PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Great modelling and textures...excellent lighting and sense of grand scale...very well conceived!!

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amapitodd

6:09PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Great scene and sense of scale.

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flavia49

6:24PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

fantastic

rashadcarter

7:35PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Amazing!

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adorety

9:01PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Excellent work. Convincing looking cryo-hall.

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mgtcs

9:12PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Spectacular depth my friend, amazing creation, congratulations!

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peedy

11:42PM | Tue, 19 February 2013

Fantastic image and lighting. Great depth. Corrie

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lhumungus

2:05AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

cool lighting and atmo. composition is good too. my favorite pohl is the heechee saga.

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KarmaSong

5:00AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Superb scene , excellent Bryce work !

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Eugenius

9:06AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Awesome scene and excellent lighting! The last time I checked, Cryogenetics studies were focusing on certain frogs and their ability to survive extreme cold temperatures. Unfortunately, scientists are still baflled :-/

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nefertiabet

9:10AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Wow, so wonderful image and lighting!!!

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johnyf

11:08AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Superb!

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Hubert

11:12AM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Great scene and atmosphere/lighting!!

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saphira1998

12:33PM | Wed, 20 February 2013

very great

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prae Online Now!

2:26PM | Wed, 20 February 2013

Wow! Stunning work.

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ia-du-lin

3:39PM | Thu, 21 February 2013

fantastic sci-fi image, great atmo and modelling!

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Euxeb007

4:45AM | Sun, 24 February 2013

you have done a excellent work with lights, textures and modeling. the POV is great too

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Simone83

8:09PM | Mon, 25 February 2013

Excellent work; I'm impressed by this many lights!

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Darkwish

2:11PM | Sun, 03 March 2013

Remarkable work, very well done!

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SIGMAWORLD

5:07AM | Wed, 27 March 2013

Sehr schön.

mrothello

5:31PM | Sat, 30 March 2013

This was done in Bryce??? That's amazing!

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MihT

3:06AM | Fri, 26 April 2013

Awesome scene and excellent lighting!

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P-LACALMONTIE

5:35AM | Mon, 29 April 2013

Magnifique! un travail remarquable avec Bryce

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jif3d

9:50AM | Fri, 07 June 2013

Yeah, it's nice to dream we could all be “corpsicles” heading off happily into the sunset, but we'll just probably just nuke the whole Earth one day soon...bugger, cause I think I would be lemonade flavoured one ! LOL Reminded of the Discovery crafts interior from 2001, albeit a bit smaller than your interstellar craft and man talk about a huge electricity bill with all those lights on and every bodys still asleep ! Kool Bryce sci-fi ! ~Cheers~

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