Naturally, Dickerson said, he would not dream of making a recruiting pitch to these, the original sleepers. They had already served their country well in two wars, and had earned their rest. Still, he added, if any of them chose to sign up for a second term of suspended animation, he would personally see that they received priority treatment.
Hawker felt a queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach, but it took him some time to work up the nerve to ask his question. “What if I wanted to go career without another term in suspended animation?” he was finally bold enough to ask.
Dickerson hesitated. “Well, that would depend, of course, on the individual case. We’d have to test you to see whether you have any of the particular skills we need. You see, one of the reasons for expanding the sleep
