When the Sleeper Wakes (Modern Library Classics)

Wells, H.G.

ISBN 10: 0812970004 / ISBN 13: 9780812970005

Published by Modern Library, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When the Sleeper Wakes (Modern Library Classics)
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812970004
• ISBN 13: 9780812970005
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mass Market Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place, he slowly discovers he is master of the world, revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified, he escapes from his chamber seeking solace—only to realize that not everyone adores him, some even wish to harm him.

About the Author

Orson Scott Card has written many science fiction novels, including Xenocide and Children of the Mind. He is the only author ever to win the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row.