Sleep Over
An Oral History of the Apocalypse
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H. G. Bells
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For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, a worldwide plague of insomnia creates a devastating new apocalypse.
Remember what it's like to last an entire night without sleep? That dull but constant headache. The feeling of your brain on edge. How easily irritated you were. How difficult it was to concentrate, even on seemingly menial tasks. It was just a single restless night, but everything felt just a little bit harder to do, and the only real comfort was knowing your head would finally hit the pillow at the end of the day, and when you awoke the next morning everything would return to normal.
But what if sleep didn't come the next night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends and family, your coworkers, the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to realize that rest might not ever come again?
How slowly might the world fall apart? How long would it take for a society without sleep to descend into chaos?
Sleep Over is collection of waking nightmares, a scrapbook of the haunting and poignant stories from those trapped in a world where the pillars of society are crumbling, and madness is slowly descending on a planet without rest.
Online vigilantism turns social media into a deadly gamble.
A freelance journalist grapples with the ethics of turning in footage of mass suicide.
A kidnapped hypnotist is held hostage by those at wit's end for a cure.
In Sleep Over, these stories are just the beginning. Before the Longest Day, the world record was eleven days without sleep. It turns out most of us can go much longer.
Full cast of narrators includes Neil Shah, Susan Ericksen, Prentice Onayemi, Andrea Emmes, and Braden Wright.
©2017 H. G. Bells (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.What listeners say about Sleep Over
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-05
Starts out interesting but..
Starts out interesting, but I was ready to sleep too by the end. It only affected people? That doesn't ring true, I mean we are 98% the same DNA as chimpanzees. If only us and octopuses were affected that would be quite intriguing; they have a short life span, great problem solving capacity, solitary lifestyle and unusual brain circuitry. No cause was suggested, effect was instantaneous all over the world, and poof, it just ended. A good effort at a tale, but not great. Even the suggestion of some kind of prolonged cosmic storm would have made the story more satisfying. I'd have settled for a ferret in the LHC (my preferred explanation for the current POTUS).
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Kathleen
- 2018-09-19
A really neat idea!
I really enjoyed the premise of this book - we all know what it's like to have a sleepless night and how much it affects us throughout the next day. But what if you couldn't sleep no matter how hard you tried even if you were dead tired?
Some of the accounts were great with excellent narration, but others were tough to get into and a couple narrators had an irritating voice and/or pace of delivery.
Overall, a good listen. #Audible1
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Daniel
- 2018-08-08
It's alright.
While it may be an end of the world story it should not be compared so closely to World War Z in my opinion.
WWZ is a powerhouse in the genre. Sleep over is alright on it's own merit but does not approach WWZ.
Often times it is hard to follow what is happening and when. Mixing semi science and unreliable narrator's (due to sleep deprivation) gets murky. I also had issue with the lack of solid time frame for the event in question. After completing the story I still don't know if it was weeks or months. If months it is hard to believe.
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- francois dubé
- 2020-08-12
please sir, can I havr some more
great performance, good story, the only thing is it leaves you wanting more, so much more could have been done with this. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is that at the end it left me with a void thats wants more...
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- Aaron Bleackley
- 2018-01-19
Compelling, evocative, and thoughtful
I really enjoyed this book. It was heart wrenching and uplifting in its examination of how we face uncertainty, fear, and impending doom.
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- Jennifer
- 2018-09-30
This book needs to be "read" by everyone. Very goo
Narrator was amazing. The book was one of the greatest books I have read!! Good
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-09-03
Interesting Concept, Failure to deliver
Poorly-researched, derivative and a thoroughly unsatisfied ending. This book didn't really deliver on anything and ends up feeling like a series of loosely-connected short stories; none of which feel authentic. Each story is billed as part of a collection of Oral History, but ends up feeling very inconsistent in tone and structure. The book explores some interesting concepts, but the execution feels flimsy and hackneyed; and not in a way that feels even intentionally mysterious. I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody. Borrow it from your local library if you feel compelled to give it a shot.
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