The Waker Dreams
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Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. He wrote in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, paranormal, suspense, science fiction, and western. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson’s novels and stories have been made into movies, including I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and Shrinking Man. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writer’s Guild awards, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
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The Waker Dreams - Richard Matheson
The Waker Dreams
by Richard Matheson
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First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015
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If one flew over the city at this time of this day, which was like any other day in the year 3850, one would think all life had disappeared.
Sweeping over the rustless spires, one would search in vain for the sight of human activity. One’s gaze would scan the great ribboned highways that swept over and under each other like the weave of some tremendous loom. But there would be no autocars to see; nothing but the empty lanes and the colored traffic lights clicking out their mindless progressions.
Dipping low and weaving in and out among the glittering towers, one might see the moving walks, the studied revolution of the giant street ventilators, hot in the winter and cool in summer, the tiny doors opening and closing, the park fountains shooting their methodical columns of water into the air.
Farther along, one would flit across the great open field on which the glossy spaceships stood