What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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ABANDONED. young man gets put in suspended animation (cryogenically frozen) and wakes up many years into the future. He wakes up in a facility similar to a hospital and be-friends his nurse and she, in turn, helps him escape said facility
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He wasn't frozen, but my first thought was 'Stranger In A Strange Land' by Robert Heinlein."The plot is deceptively simple. The first manned mission to Mars never made it home to Earth. The second mission, twenty years later, found Valentine Michael Smith, an infant born on Mars and the only surviving member of the ill-fated first mission. Having been raised by Martians, Smith is literally a stranger in a strange land when he is brought back to earth with "miraculous" abilities and a Martian philosophy of life. The Federation government basically hides him away from prying eyes, partly in fear of the legal and political dangers posed by his unique status. Having been raised by Martians, the human experience is completely new and rather frightening to him. He has never even met a woman until nurse Jill Boardman sneaks into his room to get a glimpse of him. Fearful that the government is going to keep Michael basically imprisoned (or worse), Jill helps sneak him out of the hospital, and the two of them end up at the home of Jubal Harshaw. Jubal is an outspoken, older man who lives a thoroughly individual lifestyle, but he commits himself to helping Michael escape his perilous situation. Michael quickly begins to absorb human knowledge and, less quickly, begins to understand the confusing mentality of human beings.
I'm pretty sure its not that one, based on what you wrote.
Jose, you might want to change the topic to something the described the book you are looking for. Clue words that will tip members off to what the book is about. Many people won't click to read more unless they get a description first - something like "frozen man wakes up, nurse helps him escape"
I believe it might be "The Door into Summer" by Robert A Heinlein.The premise fits
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Was your book "The Door into Summer?"
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(The book was the solution to this thread which sounds rather similar.)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Jose, are you still looking or did you find this?
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"Suffering incurable cancer, Bruno had made his choice 20 years earlier. He'd said yes, freeze me down. Now he was alive again, in a strange new world where it never rained in the daytime and a nurse came every day to make him happy."
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Jose, are you still looking or did you find this?"
No response, moving to Abandoned.
What's the Name of That Book???
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The story revolved around a young man who gets put in suspended animation (cryogenically frozen) and wakes up many years into the future. He wakes up in a facility similar to a hospital and be-friends his nurse and she, in turn, helps him escape said facility.
That's all I really remember about it. Hope that helps! I read this book in high school at some point between 1998 and 2000. It was a library book from my high school library at the time, which was Chula Vista High School in Chula Vista, California.
I have googled endlessly but no avail. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!!