About this audiobook
“The Sleeping Awakens” by Herbert Wells is a prophetic anti-utopic novel that has become one of the founders of the genre of futuristic social fantasy and has had a huge influence on the development of world literature about the future. Wake up in 2100, he is surprised to find that over the past centuries his bank accounts have made him the richest person on the planet and the actual owner of the world. During his sleep, the board of directors transformed the earth into a giant high-tech megapolis, where the working masses are miserably exploited under the police convoy, and all power is concentrated in the hands of the cruel oligarchy. Wells with terrible accuracy drains a huge panorama of the industrial future, raising questions of class inequality, capital power and the price of social revolution. ** About what the book in three words:** Dream, Power, Rebellion. **Who to read:** Fans of classical antiutopia and social fantasy, lovers of stories about time travel and revolutionary revolutions, as well as all lovers of Herbert Wells’ prophetic novels.
