Project Gutenberg 2016-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 77 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael The Awakening Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Awakening" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 1960s. The narrative explores themes of survival and societal rebirth in a post-apocalyptic setting, wherein a group of individuals awakens from a long cryogenic sleep to find the world has drastically changed. They must grapple with the consequences of their past decisions and adapt to a new environment that is both unfamiliar and threatening. The story centers around Rik, who, along with others, awakens to a malfunctioning life-support system in their subterranean vault. As he attempts to revive his companions, he discovers that they have overslept for far longer than anticipated due to a catastrophic failure of their equipment. The elders, who were supposed to guide them, have perished, leaving Rik and a few others to navigate the consequences of the "War" that pushed them into hiding. Emerging into a world that is strikingly different, they find remnants of both destruction and new life. While facing challenges in their adaptation and survival, they also feel a sense of thrill and potential within this resurrected world, setting the stage for an exploration of human resilience and the instinct to thrive despite adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 38679 38682 2024-09-21T09:36:08.245182 2023-09-22T06:54:24.097833 text/html text/html 35233 2016-01-03T10:11:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii 122898 2016-01-03T10:11:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 137564 2024-09-21T09:36:10.002199 application/epub+zip 136493 2024-09-21T09:36:08.635448 application/epub+zip 82758 2024-09-21T09:36:08.420211 application/epub+zip 169910 2024-09-21T09:36:11.209275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162762 2024-09-21T09:36:09.803144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109203 2022-09-23T06:18:57.347515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32706 32611 2024-09-21T09:36:08.150232 2023-09-22T06:54:23.960814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 32959 2016-01-03T10:11:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12650 2016-01-03T10:11:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18787 2024-09-21T09:36:11.336240 application/rdf+xml 28352 2024-09-21T09:36:08.490205 image/jpeg 4641 2024-09-21T09:36:08.454159 image/jpeg 123690 2024-09-21T09:36:08.253234 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 en.wikipedia