Laurence Manning (1899-1972) was a Canadian science fiction writer who wrote The Man Who Awoke in 1933 which foreshadows the 1999 movie The Matrix.
Laurence Manning – Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Manning
Part I: “The Man Who Awoke Part I” [p.756]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WJNUUcsPQOyKRtb0mfZPSZaEyF_Jn5gl/view
Part II: “Master of the Brain” [p. 838]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o0UHEGlUAzMGHkRf3ChrdiBzkwOVmbco/view
Part III [Matrix idea]: “The City of Sleep” [p. 926]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDPm5EmAg1Fqinse75jqDDgVONUVZ1aq/view
Part IV: “The Individualists” [p. 58]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZOilbRCnJ72Sx3zHnbykB0ezyO06a5hq/view
Part V: “The Elixir” [p. 150]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LDjyfYoGBs3T6iD652aWLraoMz2mObiX/view
