Sleepwalkers World: The Defender - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0523485379 ISBN 13: 9780523485379

Synopsis

A SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC FROM A MASTER. Celebrated author Gordon R. Dickson's classic novel pitting good against evil, back in print.

The Sleeper Wakes

The energy crisis has been solved. Core Taps have been driven 300 miles into the Earth to tap into the subterranean power source at its core. The only catch: when activated, the Core Taps disrupt brain waves, sending everyone nearby into a deep, forced sleep. It's a small price to pay for a world of plenty. Or so it seems.

Rafe Harald is one of the few humans not affected by the Core Taps. Back from the Moon, where he has been preparing for humankind's first trek into deep space, he makes his way through a shadowy night world of induced slumber. He's come to discover the whereabouts of a missing colleague. What he'll find is a mysterious figure known as the Old Man--and a conspiracy so devious in its design, he'll wish it was a nightmare.

But soon the Old Man will discover that he has awoken a sleeping giant in Rafe Harald. And on a planet of perpetual sleep, a new day is about to dawn.

About Gordon R. Dickson:
"Dickson is one of SF's standard-bearers."--Publishers Weekly

"Dickson has a true mastery of pacing and fine understanding of human beings."--Seattle Post Intelligencer

"A masterful science fiction writer."--Milwaukee Journal

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About the Author

Gordon R. Dickson (1923-2001) was one of the most prolific and popular science fiction writers of the 20th Century, frequently nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards and winning three Hugos and one Nebula. He also received the Jupiter, August Derleth, and Skylark Awards, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He published nearly fifty solo novels, as well as several collaborations with such SF masters as Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, Keith Laumer, and Harry Harrison, and over one hundred and fifty short stories, novelettes, and novellas. His most popular works were the novels and shorter pieces in the Childe cycle (which included the Dorsai stories). Also very popular was his Dragon series of fantasy novels, which began with the award-winning The Dragon and the George, and continued for a total of nine novels, and the humorous Hoka stories, co-authored with Poul Anderson.

Synopsis

Rafe Harald, a cosmonaut, attempts to combat the mysterious power that has put most of the human race into an involuntary sleep.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0523485379
• ISBN 13: 9780523485379
• Binding: Paperback