Beggars in SpainHarper Collins, 2009 M05 13 - 451 páginas In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself. But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge. |
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... dreaming . Together these two make up ' core sleep . ' The third type of sleep is ' optional sleep , ' so - called because people seem to get along without it with no ill effects , and some short sleepers don't do it at all , sleeping ...
... dream ? " " Not necessary . A left - over bombardment of the cortex to keep it on semialert in case a predator attacked during sleep . Wakefulness does that better . " “ Why not have wakefulness instead then ? From the start of the ...
... dreaming oc- curs because the poor besieged cortex tries so hard to make sense of the activated images and memories . It spends a lot of energy doing that . Without that energy expenditure , nonsleep cerebrums save the wear - and - tear ...
... dream , too . I dreamed light was coming in the window and it wrapped all around me like a blanket and then it ... dream . " " Yes , I did , " Leisha said . " Only children who sleep can have dreams . Don't lie to me . You did not have a ...
... dream last night ' ? " " Yes ! " Leisha said . " But that's even really minor . It's when I say , ' I'll look that up for ' you tonight ' and they get that funny look on their face that means , ' She'll do it while I'm asleep ...