Release Message:  A man sleeps for two hundred and three years, then wakes up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. Written by H. G. Wells.

Description:  A dystopian science fiction novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realised, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. Originally published, as When the Sleeper Wakes, serialized in The Graphic from 1898 to 1903 and illustrated by H. Lanos.