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The Sleeper Awakes - H. G. Wells
The Sleeper Awakes
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The Sleeper Awakes (1910) is a dystopian science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main... show more
The Sleeper Awakes (1910) is a dystopian science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realised, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781500529024 (1500529028)
ASIN: 1500529028
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
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Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it
4.0 Wells' Dystopian Vision
When I started reading Jules Verne a number of years back I became increasingly interested in some of these pioneers of the science-fiction genre, and while many of us have heard of Wells' more well known books, after digging around the internet I discovered that there were quite a few other books t...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it
4.0 Wells' When the Sleeper Wakes
This is a lesser known work of Wells and not taken as seriously as some of his more well known works. Having read enough Wells, I was not surprised to see that it was considerably better than it is supposed to be. The book belongs to Wells' great period from 1894 to 1901, when Wells managed to ant...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it
3.0 When the Sleeper Wakes
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this book. It certainly has its flaws but there is something about it that I rather enjoyed.Graham falls into a Cataleptic trance for two hundred years (in which he does not age, nor require sustenance of any kind) and awakes into a dystopian society that is on ...
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