A man sleeps for two centuries and wakes to find himself the legal owner of the world, amid a nightmarish future megacity.
Books mentioned in When the Sleeper Wakes (3)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: “‘The Heart of Darkness,’ he had never heard of before nor ‘The Madonna of the Future’--no doubt if they were indeed stories, they were by post Victorian authors.”
The Madonna of the Future by Henry James: “‘The Heart of Darkness,’ he had never heard of before nor ‘The Madonna of the Future’--no doubt if they were indeed stories, they were by post Victorian authors.”
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving: “It’s Rip Van Winkle come real.” “It’s Bellamy,” said Warming.”
Books that mention When the Sleeper Wakes (1)
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “He also wrote what may be the first genuine dystopia, When the Sleeper Wakes...”