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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866–1946.
When the sleeper wakes / H. G. Wells; with an
introduction by Orson Scott Card.
p. cm.
1. Technological innovations—Fiction. 2. Twenty-first century—Fiction.
3. London (England)—Fiction. 4. Time travel—Fiction. I. Title.
PR5774.W53 2003
823’.912—dc21 2003053977
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