As seen on Stumptown Books.Don't throw anything when I tell you this was my first Le Guin novel.*ducks*I know I know, for someone who has loved fantasy and sci fi literally MY ENTIRE LIFE, I only just this month sat down and read something by Le Guin. How did I even manage that?Well suffice it to sa...
I liked this book a lot - it's a bit of Monkey's Paw, a bit of Fisherman's Wife, and a whole lot of thinking.George Orr is a dude. A completely normal 50th percentile all over, totally forgettable normal dude. He isn't blindingly intelligent, he doesn't have a large or strong personality, and yet ...
This book was fascinating! It was super short, but so, so interesting. This is actually my second dip into Ursula K. Le Guin's work, and my favorite. The Dispossessed didn't really leave me wanting to read more of her, but this one certainly did. My mind = blown.
I've long been interested in the science of dreams. Not in the sense that I want to study them as a career, but I'm content to wonder about them in a sort of awe. I feel as though dreams, much like the true workings of all the recesses of the human brain, are something we'll never fully understand.A...
Enough with the perfection already! 'The Lathe of Heaven', like much of Le Guin's work, is brilliant. After reading more and more of her work and being blown out of the water by 'The Dispossessed' I am still at a loss for words when it comes to my reactions. 'Lathe' is quick, to the point, and outpa...
The Lathe of Heaven asks the reader - is it ever okay to play God?¹ (¹ Of course, when it comes to Morgan Freeman there is NO question.) You have to help another person. But it's not right to play God with masses of people. To be God you have to know what you're doing. And to do any good at all, ju...
I feel almost like I was present during an effective dream. I remember not liking this book, but I also remember liking it. I'm not sure when the change happened, but it did. It's an interesting effect considering the events of the book. I'm not sure what to really take from this, though. There's th...
Thirty or so years ago what I loved about this book was the mix of pure wish-fulfillment with a science fiction setting. Dreams that come true! Reading it now I am, like poor George Orr, haunted by the effective dreams, fearful of the unexpected consequences of wishes.It's an amazing book. Not very ...
I have long been a fan of dreams: talking about dreams, working out the interweavings between dreaming life and reality. I almost scare-quoted reality there, but then I realized that this review is probably going to be douchey enough as it is without adding a scare-quoted reality to it. Anyway, Ur...
This was very cerebral. It also gave an interesting view of how oddly things can be changed by a simple thing, but that, like the problem, the solution can be equally as destructive if not more. I found the concepts to be fascinating, but really could not relate to the characters who were experienci...
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