| When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells, Science Fiction, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598180398 ISBN-13: 9781598180398 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Graham fell into a deep and abiding sleep in the 1890s -- and woke, centuries later, having hardly aged. He has been the famous Sleeper for centuries, and has come, by inheritance and the compounding of interest, to own the world. The people adore him -- and their masters (who rule in his name) do not want him breathing. . . . "Nothing is more striking about Mr. Wells . . . than his power of lending freshness and vitality to some well-worn formula of fiction." --The Spectator |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When The Sleeper Awakes is 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. Graham fell into a deep and abiding sleep in the 1890s -- and woke, centuries later, having hardly aged. He has been the famous Sleeper for centuries and has come, by inheritance and the compounding of interest, to own the world. The people adore him -- and their masters (who rule in his name) do not want him breathing. . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Wells, H. G.: - "Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946)-known as H. G. Wells-was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics and social commentary, as well as textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times." |