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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Well.  Dreams have always fascinated me, the random pieces of our lives and subconscious that insinuate themselves into our dreams.  Things we fear, things we wish for, and people who are dead in life but live on in our dreams.  In this novel, we have a mild-mannered, seemingly ineffectual man, but whose dreams mean business.  That is to say, when he dreams, a different reality is spawned and remains after waking.  The space/time/dream continuum has never been trickier.  Sanity is shaken.  Sci-fi is not my go-to genre by any means, but I'm happy to have made an exception here.
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Reading Progress

June 1, 2020 – Started Reading
June 1, 2020 – Shelved
June 1, 2020 – Shelved as: public-library
June 3, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by JanB (new)

JanB Exceptions are awesome and often brings a breath of fresh air into our reading lives. Love your review ZT!


Kevin Ansbro George Orr's expansive dreams definitely mean business!
Pleased you made an exception, Zoeytron. A fine review!


Zoeytron JanB wrote: "Exceptions are awesome and often brings a breath of fresh air into our reading lives. Love your review ZT!"

You're right about exceptions, it never hurts to see about expanding our reading horizons. Thank you, JanB!


Zoeytron Kevin wrote: "George Orr's expansive dreams definitely mean business!
Pleased you made an exception, Zoeytron. A fine review!"


Same here, pleased to have made this particular exception. Your review of this was so entertaining. Chock o' block with fun stuff. I wouldn't have figured you for an abacus man. Ha! Thank you so much, Kevin.


message 5: by Candi (new) - added it

Candi Fab review, ZT! Le Guin is definitely worthy of making those exceptions. Can't wait to read this one :)


Richard (on hiatus) A nicely written summary Zoey ........ reckon I’m due a little Sci fi soon :)


message 7: by Peter (new)

Peter Just hoping no nightmares. Wonderful review Zoey. :):)


message 8: by Sophie (new) - added it

Sophie Great review, ZT! I love reading about other people's dreams. They make mine seem more normal +)


Zoeytron Candi wrote: "Fab review, ZT! Le Guin is definitely worthy of making those exceptions. Can't wait to read this one :)"

Thanks, Candi. And I can't wait to read your review when you get to it.


Zoeytron Richard wrote: "A nicely written summary Zoey ........ reckon I’m due a little Sci fi soon :)"

Good deal, Richard. This might be a worthy consideration for you.


Zoeytron Peter wrote: "Just hoping no nightmares. Wonderful review Zoey. :):)"

True life right now is close enough to a nightmare for my taste. In this book, it would be referred to as enduring reality. Thanks, Peter!


Zoeytron Sophie wrote: "Great review, ZT! I love reading about other people's dreams. They make mine seem more normal +)"

Ha! You make a good point there. Thankee, Sophie!


message 13: by Deanna (new)

Deanna Excellent review, ZT!


Zoeytron Deanna wrote: "Excellent review, ZT!"

Thank you, Deanna!


message 15: by Diana (new)

Diana I’ve also been fascinated by dreams as well. Sounds like a good book. Great review 😄


Zoeytron Diana wrote: "I’ve also been fascinated by dreams as well. Sounds like a good book. Great review 😄"

Many thanks, Diana. :-)


Zoeytron Elyse wrote: "Thanks!!! I've never read this author -- and wonder if I should sometime. -- Thats Zoey girl xo"

Go for it, Elyse! Thank you very much. :-)


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