Wake
- 380
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Wake” is an idea-rich novel that pairs the birth of a mind on the web with the story of a blind teenager learning to see. Sawyer weaves real science, from information theory to Helen Keller, into the novel, and his picture of daily life without sight is the strongest part. Some readers find the plot fairly simple and regret that a subplot set in China is left hanging. Two more books complete the trilogy.
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About the book
Wake, also called WWW: Wake, is a 2009 novel written by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer and the first book in his WWW Trilogy. It was first serialized in four parts in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from November 2008 to March 2009, was first published in book form on April 8, 2009, and was followed by Watch in 2010 and by Wonder in 2011. The novel details the spontaneous emergence of an intelligence on the World Wide Web, called Webmind, and its friendship with a blind teenager named Caitlin.
Reading order · WWW Trilogy
Full order & progress →- WakeThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - WatchWatch–Not ranked yet
- WonderWonder–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 82 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 8 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 74 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Wake?
It has 380 pages — shorter than 66% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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