Description: A man falls asleep in 1892 and wakes up in the year 2000. Noted for its accurate predictions of the year 2000. Golf in the Year 2000, or, What We Are Coming To is a novel by J. McCullough about golf which also may be classed as a specimen of Victorian era science fiction. It tells the story of Alexander J. Gibson, who falls into a deep sleep on March 24, 1892 and awakens in 2000.