It's pretty good but... Lots of technical information about dreaming in it, dark and depressing, many of typos (Way to go, Avon Publishing!) The characterization is really good, though, and the premise fascinating. I think, though, that it also creates a sad sense of hopelessness.
WHY TIME?That's what I was asking Le Guin (or, rather, myself) as I read the first half of this book. You have this guy, George, who is ordinary -- literally median, in fact -- except that when he dreams, reality changes to match his dreams. It does this by changing the past so that whatever new thi...
I always say my favourite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark and my favourite book is the original Earthsea trilogy, or if pushed A Wizard of Earthsea. Picking one favourite is always a bit arbitrary but both of these are childhood favourites that have survived repeat viewings/readings and have develo...
Terribly thought-provoking. I even felt compelled to tell other people about it while I was reading it. I'm certain that I didn't understand everything that happened, but I enjoyed it nevertheless.
This book is one of my all time favorites. First of all, UKL is an amazing writer. The book plays with the nature of reality and idea of creative dreaming. I believe UKL studied Australian aboriginal cultures' understanding of the dreamtime and how it interacts with the worldtime, and that study ...
I watched this on PBS once long ago. It’s a modern take on the fairy tale about the fisherman’s wife. Whereas in the fairy tale the fisherman is the protagonist, here it would be the fish. George Orr is remarkable in only two ways. He is utterly, completely normal on virtually any scale; he is p...
When I first came across this book as a teenager, I think I only really noticed the surface story. George Orr is a man whose dreams, literally, come true; he dreams something, and when he wakes up the world has changed. There's an unscrupulous psychiatrist who wants to exploit George's gift, a love ...
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