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| title = The Sleeper Awakes |
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| original title = When The Sleeper Wakes |
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| image = 'When the Sleeper Wakes' by Henri Lanos 03.jpg |
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| caption = Graham awakens unexpectedly |
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| author = H. G. Wells |
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| publication date = 1899 |
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Struck by a strange ailment, a [[Victorian Britain|Victorian]] gentleman called Graham falls into a sudden coma. [[Rip Van Winkle|When he wakes up 203 years later]], he discovers the trust set up by executors of his estate [[Compound Interest Time Travel Gambit|has grown so much]] that he is now the owner of almost everything on the planet. Under his name his trustees rule the planet, bringing in an age of total peace and startlingly advanced technology, but at a steep price -- democracy is dead, the rich are brainless and hedonistic while the poor are all but slaves overseen by brutal military police. |
Struck by a strange ailment, a [[Victorian Britain|Victorian]] gentleman called Graham falls into a sudden coma. [[Rip Van Winkle|When he wakes up 203 years later]], he discovers the trust set up by executors of his estate [[Compound Interest Time Travel Gambit|has grown so much]] that he is now the owner of almost everything on the planet. Under his name his trustees rule the planet, bringing in an age of total peace and startlingly advanced technology, but at a steep price -- democracy is dead, the rich are brainless and hedonistic while the poor are all but slaves overseen by brutal military police. |
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