The Man Who Awoke is a science fiction novel by Laurence Manning.
It was initially serialised in five parts during 1933 in Wonder Stories magazine.
Later it was published as one complete novel in 1975 by Del Rey/Ballantine....and in 77 by....whatever
Norman Winters puts himself into suspended animation for 5,000 years at a time. The stories detail his ensuing adventures as he tries to make sense of the societies he encounters each time he wakes.
ConPlot summary
1950 AD AGE OF WASTE
3000 AD OVERTRHOW OF THE HAWAIIAN MONARCHY OR OTHER
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT CHEIFTAIN
REDUCTION OF WORKING HOURS
5000 AD. Humanity staggers to save itself amid the world's littered, stagnant wreckage after what has become known as the great Age of Waste.
6500 AD SYNTHETIC FOOD
7100 AD VENUS AND MARS MAPPED
8500 AD MECHANICAL BRAIN CONTROL THE WORLD EDUCATORS TRY TO REGAIN
POWER IN 9000 AD
10,000 AD. The world is dominated by the Brain - the immovable in purpose super computer that knows all, sees all, and feels nothing. Thanks to its cradle-to-grave supervision, human life is easy and comfortable, but what will happen when
The Brain realizes people are superfluous?
DESTRUCTION OF THE BRAIN YEAR 15 000
15,000 AD. People can now program their choice of dreams and sleep their lives away.
Winters awakes to find the sleeping outnumber the living. He cannot stop the implosion of civilization by himself.ONLY 400 IN EVERY MILLION WORK
OCEAN'S ARE UP 30 FEET AND SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATE IN NEW-YORK
HOMO SAP LOOSE TEETH....DENTES BECOME VESTIGIAL IN 12,700 AD
14,000 AD DREAM PLACES CONSTRUCTED
O HERÓI OU MESSIAS OU SOARES RESOLVE OS PROBLEMAS DA SOCIEDADE
E VOLTA A DORMIR 5 MILHAS OU 5 MILHEIROS
ENFIM O MYTHO SEBASTIANISTA VINDO DO NEVOEIRO TEMPORAL
20,000 AD. After an abused Age of Freedom came an Age of License.
Genetic experiment heralded the terrifying Age of Anarchy.
Each Individual had his own mobile "City" OR PARTY THE PSD THE PS THE PCP THE CDS THE BE THE BEBE THE HELENA OF TROY THE VC VULGUS VIETCONG ET CAETERA ...that provided for all his needs, resulting in a society where people had no need for each other and were incapable of cooperating, resulting in nearly all interpersonal encounters being small wars.ENFIM UMA SOCIEDADE SEM SOCIAL
UMA ASSOCIEDADE OU ASS SOCIEDADE MUY ASSOCIAL
EGOMANÍACOS QUE VIVEM ISOLADOS NOS SEUS MUNDOS PARTICULARES
DEBITANDO I-DEI-AS E PROJECTOS MEGALOMANÍACOS
25,000 AD. Scientists discover the secret sought through the centuries – immortality.
But is Mankind ready for it? Immortality is frightfully boring without a purpose.
50,000 AD O Homo sapiens imortalizado coloniza a galáxia
e no século 100 mil 10 megayears AD...Humanity scatters to the far corners of the cosmos seeking knowledge and experience, leading to a quest toward "the meaning of it all."
The novel might be easily dismissed as standard pulp fare if it had not presaged concepts popularized decades later: the sexual revolution, green consumerism, strong AI, full-immersion virtual reality as a surgical procedure (like The Matrix), desktop molecular manufacturing, global warming...OR NOT IS AN GEOLOGIC FEATURE THE CLIMATE CHANGE MAN MADE OR SOLAR SIDERAL MADE , and stem cell therapies.
Some of these have only appeared in most peoples' worldview in the 21st century.
This book was a simplex very simplex but with a nice con plot ...
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