
Beggars and Choosers
Nancy Kress
Beggars and Choosers 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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Year
- 1997
- ISBN-13
- 9780812544749
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- Genetic engineeringSocial inequalityHuman evolution
Awards
- Hugo Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1995)
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1995)
- Nebula Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1995)
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