Project Gutenberg 2009-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 77 Page, Gerald W. 1939 Page, Gerald Wilburn Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The Happy Man Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Happy Man" by Gerald W. Page is a science fiction novella written during the early 1960s. The story delves into themes of individuality and resistance in a dystopian world where the majority of the population exists in a state of artificial slumber, disconnected from reality, while a small group of 'wakers' fights for their freedom. The narrative constructs a tense and vivid depiction of a future society rife with conflict between the oppressive forces of the system and the struggle for autonomy by those who remain awake. The novella follows Hal Nelson, a waker who has escaped from a communal existence designed to keep individuals asleep in nutrient baths while fantasizing their ideal lives within artificial dreams. As Nelson navigates a perilous landscape, he encounters Glynnis, another waker who has managed to evade capture. They form an alliance and embark on a dangerous mission to raid a patrol facility for supplies, facing patrol forces and robots along the way. Their bond grows as they confront the realities of their world, ultimately leading to a plan that could awaken the rest of the sleeping populace. The book explores the dualities of freedom versus captivity, the nature of dreams, and the desire for genuine human connection in a harsh environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 84924 84919 2024-12-13T07:00:48.021182 2023-09-13T11:23:54.724016 text/html text/html 81650 2009-12-18T08:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 220502 2009-12-18T08:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291544 2024-12-13T07:00:52.470184 application/epub+zip 292029 2024-12-13T07:00:49.832157 application/epub+zip 93719 2024-12-13T07:00:48.646169 application/epub+zip 361248 2024-12-13T07:00:54.386162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355386 2024-12-13T07:00:51.811188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127372 2022-09-14T07:50:35.755643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77891 77788 2024-12-13T07:00:47.642180 2023-09-13T11:23:54.481006 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 77815 2009-12-18T08:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29731 2009-12-18T08:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19631 2024-12-13T07:00:54.526146 application/rdf+xml 10426 2024-12-13T07:00:49.254177 image/jpeg 2777 2024-12-13T07:00:48.982193 image/jpeg 282709 2024-12-13T07:00:48.041172 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog