Healing in coldsleep? - A Meeting of Minds

granath · Aug 15 2021, 08:07 AM

I recently finished Dinosaur Planet and I just started reading Survivors. I've read both before, but so long ago that it feels almost like I'm reading them for the first time.

One thing that astonished me was the way Kai and Varian had completely recovered from the injuries inflicted on them by the heavyworlders during their coldsleep. You'd think that their metabolism would have to be almost non-existent for them to survive for so long without any nourishment or noticeable weight loss, and that a low metabolism would automatically mean slow healing...

Your thoughts?

**Cheryl** · Aug 15 2021, 01:48 PM

I agree that coldsleep ought to involve slowing down metabolism to near zero, which would then impede the body's ability to heal.

Aug 15 2021, 08:07 AM	#1
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Healing in coldsleep? I recently finished Dinosaur Planet and I just started reading Survivors. I've read both before, but so long ago that it feels almost like I'm reading them for the first time. One thing that astonished me was the way Kai and Varian had completely recovered from the injuries inflicted on them by the heavyworlders during their coldsleep. You'd think that their metabolism would have to be almost non-existent for them to survive for so long without any nourishment or noticeable weight loss, and that a low metabolism would automatically mean slow healing... Your thoughts? __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Aug 15 2021, 01:48 PM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Pronouns: She/her Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Relentless Moon by MRKowal	Re: Healing in coldsleep? I agree that coldsleep ought to involve slowing down metabolism to near zero, which would then impede the body's ability to heal. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.