AMOSOV, N(icolai Mikhailovitch)

(1913-)

   Russian engineer and writer. In his sf novel Zapiski iz budushchego (1967; trans George St George as Notes from the Future 1970 US as by N.Amosoff) a frozen sleeper awakens to 1991, where he is cured of leukaemia and reflects somewhat heavily upon the nature of the world he has come into. See also: CRYONICS.