The Man Who Awoke

The Big Sleep!
Norman Winters was obsessed by the future. His dream was to see for himself how mankind would develop in the centuries to come. And so he conducted a dangerous experiment — to put himself to sleep for five thousand years at a time.
AND THE EXPERIMENT WORKED!
1. The Forest People (as "The Man Who Awoke", Wonder Stories, March 1933)
In 5,000 AD he met the forest-dwellers, struggling to survive after the devastating Age of Waste.
2. Master of the Brain (Wonder Stories, April 1933)
In 10,000 AD the world was governed by the Brain — an inexorable machine — and freedom was a forgotten word.
3. The City of Sleep (Wonder Stories, May 1933)
In 15,000 AD humans programmed their dreams and slept their lives away, unable to face an appalling reality.
4. The Individualists (Wonder Stories, June 1933)
In 20,000 AD the Age of Anarchy held sway — and terror raigned unchecked.
5. The Elixir (Wonder Stories, July 1933)
In 25,000 AD humanity discovered the secret of eternity — but at what price?
THE MAN WHOAWOKE is a brilliant novel of speculation and insight that well deserves to be hailed as a classic.
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Cover art by Peter Jones
A slightly different version of this novel was serialised in Wonder Stories.
First book publication: Ballantine Books, 1975