Project Gutenberg 2016-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 104 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael The Awakening Produced from Galaxy Magazine February 1964 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.) Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 38863 2025-07-20T11:19:35.019345 text/html 15073 2024-10-22T23:41:06 text/html 137668 2025-07-20T11:19:36.785359 application/epub+zip 136508 2025-07-20T11:19:35.363345 application/epub+zip 82773 2025-07-20T11:19:35.175351 application/epub+zip 169896 2025-07-20T11:19:37.869352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162776 2025-07-20T11:19:36.382346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109203 2022-09-23T06:18:57.347515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32631 2025-07-20T11:19:34.937352 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12918 2024-10-22T23:41:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17491 2025-07-20T11:19:37.991330 application/rdf+xml 28352 2025-07-20T11:19:35.244345 image/jpeg 4641 2025-07-20T11:19:35.209371 image/jpeg 123751 2025-07-20T11:19:35.026361 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia