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#5495 of 8,085 books · #1175 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1997).

Beggars Ride won the Nebula Award. Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger, and need no sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave regular humans powerless, civilization and the very meaning of the word "human" hang in the balance.

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Publisher
Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780812544749
Topics
Genetic engineeringHuman nature and identitySocietal conflict and power

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