[eBook] The Sleeper Awakes & The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Free Kindle Edition @ Amazon AU, UK, US

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Scrooge McDeal on 03/07/2023 - 10:02 amazon.com.au (523 clicks)
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The Sleeper Awakes & The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
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"When The Sleeper Awakes" is a dystopian science fiction novel 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 realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.
"Time Machine" is a dystopian story of time traveller who witnesses the degradation of human race in future where society has been split into two class factions. But will he ever return to tell his tale….
H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer who was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.

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  jv on 03/07/2023 - 10:27

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  I highly recommend HG.

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    ConsumerAffairs on 03/07/2023 - 11:23

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    The Bulimia Nervosa community approves of this comment

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      chrism238 on 03/07/2023 - 13:57

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      It takes a lot of niche knowledge to understand your comment!

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  awaiko on 03/07/2023 - 11:04

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  Both of these are in the public domain and are freely available. Everything from H.G. Wells is available here

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    jv on 03/07/2023 - 11:27

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    He should've got a better lawyer.

    Missing out on a lot of royalties…

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    Windows7forever on 03/07/2023 - 16:31

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    Thanks for the reminder. How can they legally profit off a dead author whose works are in the public domain anyway?

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      Wally on 04/07/2023 - 02:39

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      maybe ask Disney corp how they lobbied to get an extension to the original copyright legislation so they could retain control of Mickey Mouse

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  GandalfTheCheap on 03/07/2023 - 18:52

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  On top of that, not all great classic SciFi is created equal; have any of you read The Sleeper Awakes?

  The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities

  The main "horror" turns out to be "black troops are set on protesting civilians, and that's horrible because everyone knows they are dumb and violent. Also they are dressed in yellow and called the killer bees".

  WTF HG.

  It's interesting insight into how a Victorian predicted the distant future, with crazy technologies guessed and not guessed, but it's not Wells's finest work…