When 16 year old Floe Ryan wakes up, she finds herself 10 years in the future where her little sister is now her big sister and where her parents are still frozen in the Venice Beach Cryonics Center. It seems that they caught the same incurable disease that she had, but the Cryonics Center is under political attack and can’t revive them. Soon Floe soon finds herself learning to adapt to her new world. Fortunately Taz, a boy she know before she was frozen, also came down with her dreaded disease was revived at the same time, so she has at least one person she can turn to with her problems. Now Floe finds the world has changed even more than she suspected. Fashion, fads and even school have changed more than she expected. But when the Cryonics Center is forced to shut down, it’s up to her to find a way to save her parents if she’s to have any hope of returning to a normal life.
I loved the title of this story and just had to read it. As a kid I loved stories like Heinlein’s The Door Into Summer and other types of time travel stories that allowed their heroes and heroines to sleep their way into the future. I loved the way Bev managed to paint a similar yet different picture of the Floe's new world, though I suspect it will take more than 10 years to have holographic teachers in every classroom. This story definitely brought a smile to my face and I’m hooked enough that I’ll probably get the next story in the series.
Details: Berkley Jam, October 2006
Excellence Rating: Very Good
Steaminess Factor: Friends
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