The human race gets a second chance. What would happen if the human race has a chance to erase all its mistakes and try again? Could we create a perfect world? Hugo-award winning author Orson Scott Card explores this possibility with intriguing results.
Jason Worthing is sent with 333 people to start a colony in deep space. However, when he arrives at his destination, he discovers that, as a result of a battle in space, the memories of all his colonists have been erased. Starting with 333 infants in adult bodies, Jason sets up a completely new kind of world. It all goes smoothly until the second generation learns to think for itself. HOT SLEEP probes the mind of Man and delves into his true nature. You'll either argue with Orson Scott Card's conclusions or you'll believe them. But you will care about what they say.
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Only time was on his side . . . Billions of people had watched loops of his daring exploits as a starship captain. He was all the rage in the highest circles of Capitol society. But to a group of revolutionaries, Jason Worthing was at the heart of the most corrupt government in history. If they had known he was a telepath, they could hardly have hated him more. Then, when the revolution failed, the revolutionaries found themselves on a colony ship taking them to permanent exile in the farthest colony man had ever attempted. And the leader of the colony was Jason Worthing, of course.
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The human race gets a second chance. What would happen if the human race has a chance to erase all its mistakes and try again? Could we create a perfect world? Hugo-award winning author Orson Scott Card explores this possibility with intriguing results.
Jason Worthing is sent with 333 people to start a colony in deep space. However, when he arrives at his destination, he discovers that, as a result of a battle in space, the memories of all his colonists have been erased. Starting with 333 infants in adult bodies, Jason sets up a completely new kind of world. It all goes smoothly until the second generation learns to think for itself.
HOT SLEEP probes the mind of Man and delves into his true nature. You'll either argue with Orson Scott Card's conclusions or you'll believe them. But you will care about what they say.
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Only time was on his side . . . Billions of people had watched loops of his daring exploits as a starship captain. He was all the rage in the highest circles of Capitol society. But to a group of revolutionaries, Jason Worthing was at the heart of the most corrupt government in history. If they had known he was a telepath, they could hardly have hated him more. Then, when the revolution failed, the revolutionaries found themselves on a colony ship taking them to permanent exile in the farthest colony man had ever attempted. And the leader of the colony was Jason Worthing, of course.