- I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" is also the title of a
short story byPhilip K. Dick . (The short story was first published in Playboy in December 1980, under the title "Frozen Journey".) In it, a man regainsconsciousness during a failed attempt at cryosleep on board a spaceship, which is on a ten-year journey. The ship'sartificial intelligence attempts to maintain his sanity throughout the rest of the voyage by causing him to recall memories from his 200-year-long life. Like most of Philip K. Dick's work, it involves a questioning of what it is to be human and of what reality is. The story also has a theme of guilt, as the memories of the passenger are spoiled by the guilt he retains about actions he initiated during his lifetime.
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