Reading 30: Ch 51 - Sleeping Beauty, Epilogue - Dreamland
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John and Ray face off for the future of sleepers, clients, Jane, and Project Cumulus.
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Reading 29: Ch 50 - Cutting Strings
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John's past confronts him about Project Cumulus, revealing true intentions.
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Reading 28: Ch 48 - Original Thought, Ch 49 - Vision
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Ray pushes forward with the Cumulus Drug; nightmares become a true reality.
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Reading 27: Ch 46 - Family Ties, Ch 47 - Recruitment
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One more mystery is revealed from Jane & Ray's dinner; Jane first visits Sleep Towers.
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Reading 26: Ch 45 - Nightmares
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Everyone experiences their own form of nightmares, past and present, as the love triangle grows closer together.
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Reading 25: Ch 44 - Deja Vu
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John and Jane trial concepts to manipulate Ray into finding the Cumulus Drug.
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Reading 24: Ch 43 - Equality
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Jane teaches her students about Alexis de Tocqueville and equality.
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Reading 23: Ch 41 - Double Deceit, Ch 42 - The One
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John dreams of Jane for Ray to test his refined skills in lucidity.
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Reading 22: Ch 39 - New Client, Ch 40 - Puppet Master
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John transmits a lucid masterpiece to Jane. She reports to the puppet master.
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Reading 21: Ch 37 - Flight, Ch 38 - Persuasion
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John increases in lucidity skills and takes on an apprentice.
info_outlineThe Sleepers begins with a poem about John and the meaning of his name. Chapter 51, the last chapter, begins with a poem about Sleeping Beauty, the metaphor for America Asleep. I've copied the poem here for you to read. Thank you for listening to the complete version of The Sleepers. Please leave a review on Amazon and share the links with your friends.
Sleeping Beauty adorned the dais,
Doll-like and dainty.
A monument to men and madness.
Preciously placed by imperfect people,
Unnaturally perfected.
As stone rests on stone,
No bosom or breath heaves.
She, symbolic sufferer of our sin.
Cleverly concealed and clearly seen,
The public panacea, pristine and impregnable,
Eternal evader of capricious men,
She wants and waits for no one.
I found her fickle and firm.
I sought the sumptuous satisfaction,
Of kissing the sweet, sonorous Sleeping Beauty.
To find freedom in flesh and wake a nation.
But cold and clenched lips returned my gift.
Detached and distracted, she decidedly declined.
Sleeping Beauty awoke only to reject resurrection.
Wresting from my arms, she rests again,
Content with the quiet complacency sleep bequeaths.