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.Accolades
Locus Award Winner 1972.
Reviews
Newsweek: Gracefully developed…Extremely inventive…What science fiction is supposed to do.
National Review: Profound…Beautifully wrought…Her percetions of such matters as geopolitics, race, socialized medicine, and the patient/shrink relationship are razor sharp and more than a little cutting.
Washington Post Book World: Le Guin neatly and eerily conveys the bad-dream civilization which is George's everyday world.
New York Times:A rare and powerful synthesis of poetry and science, reason and emotion.
Author Biography
Le Guin is one of the finest writers of science fiction in the world Winner of many Hugo and Nebula Awards, as well as a National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; a Newberry Honor and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement