The Sleeper Awakes

The Sleeper Awakes

1899 • 148 pages

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The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian, science fiction story about a man, Graham, who sleeps two hundred and three years, awaking to a London he barely recog-nizes. Among his many surprises, he finds that due to compound interest, he is now one of the world's wealthiest men. The twist is that his fortune has been placed in a trust, governed by a group of capitalists called the White Council, and has been instrumental in establishing a new world order. And what a world order it is! Edited and introduced by Luke Hartwell, author of Atom Heart John Beloved.


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Great theme, but very dated.

September 13, 2010