The Lathe Of Heaven

A Novel

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Paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published May 20, 2008 by Scribner.

ISBN:
978-1-4165-5696-1
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OCLC Number:
180751086

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In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George’s dreams for his own purposes.

The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity’s self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.

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reviewed The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

very different from her other works

This one, to me, seemed very untypical for Le Guin. I would have thought it was one of her first, but actually it was written after the hainish cycle. The Taoism is very on the nose here, but it doesn't have much of the poetry and the reverence for life and mind that I loved about her other works.

It was written as an homage to Philip K. Dick and it really read more like one of his novels, like classical 70s sci-fi.

Subjects

  • American Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Leguin, Ursula - Prose & Criticism
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Fantasy - General
  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction / General
  • General
  • Dreams
  • Science fiction