Media: Novel
Read: Mid-teens 1990s era (picked up from second hand store so story is likely older than i am)
Plot: Believe it started with mankind sending off a team of astronauts to go look for a new Earth to colonize. Something happened some kind of attack from rioters? the ship never launched as result. Protag wakes up from cryosleep approximately 200 years later, is either amnesiac or doesn't realize he's still on Earth for most of the plot until he recognizes antagonist, or antagonist recognizes him. Antagonist turns out to be from the same team as him but only woke up several years/decades prior. Antagonist is leader of backwards remnants of humanity since he's the only one that understands how anything works.
Setting: Post-apocalyptic Earth
Characters: Minor thuggish character named 'Bunny', henchman of the antagonist, and an automated sentry robot that decimates anyone who doesn't have the proper ID cards from 200 years ago.
Language: English
Cover details: Rocketship to the left, ruins barely visible in darkness. Large focus on protag being cornered by above mentioned sentry robot after exiting rocketship. Protag is lit up by sentry's search light.
Target audience: not teens due to vague memories of sexual scenes.
Ruled out: Asimov, Clarke.
Read: Mid-teens 1990s era (picked up from second hand store so story is likely older than i am)
Plot: Believe it started with mankind sending off a team of astronauts to go look for a new Earth to colonize. Something happened some kind of attack from rioters? the ship never launched as result. Protag wakes up from cryosleep approximately 200 years later, is either amnesiac or doesn't realize he's still on Earth for most of the plot until he recognizes antagonist, or antagonist recognizes him. Antagonist turns out to be from the same team as him but only woke up several years/decades prior. Antagonist is leader of backwards remnants of humanity since he's the only one that understands how anything works.
Setting: Post-apocalyptic Earth
Characters: Minor thuggish character named 'Bunny', henchman of the antagonist, and an automated sentry robot that decimates anyone who doesn't have the proper ID cards from 200 years ago.
Language: English
Cover details: Rocketship to the left, ruins barely visible in darkness. Large focus on protag being cornered by above mentioned sentry robot after exiting rocketship. Protag is lit up by sentry's search light.
Target audience: not teens due to vague memories of sexual scenes.
Ruled out: Asimov, Clarke.
