The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr has a gift – he is an effective dreamer: his dreams become reality when he wakes up. He is aware of his past and present, two or more sets of memories, although the people around him are only aware of the current reality. This science fiction story is set in Portland, Oregon, in/around the late 1990s - early 2000s. Orr begins to take drugs to suppress dreams but eventually he is sent to a psychotherapist, Dr. William Haber, who has developed an electronic machine, the Augmentor, which…
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DreamsFictionFiction in EnglishScience fictionDystopian fictionNaturePsychotherapist and patientSocial change
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31 in Spinefolk| Format | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebook · ita | Mondadori | 2025 | 9788835740988 |
| Edition · chi | 北京日报出版社 | 2024 | 9787547747872 |
| Edition | Scribner | 2023 | 9781668017401 |
| Edition | Scribner | 2022 | 9781668014967 |
| Edition | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | 2021 | 9781473234178 |
| Paperback | Booket | 2019 | 9788445006511 |
| Paperback · spa | Minotauro | 2017 | 9788445004258 |
| Audiobook | Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing | 2016 | 9781664453944 |
| Edition | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | 2015 | 9781473205994 |
| Edition | Diversion Publishing Corp. | 2014 | 9781626812628 |
| Audiobook | Blackstone Pub | 2013 | 9781441745828 |
| Paperback · tur | Metis | 2011 | 9789753427913 |
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DreamsFictionFiction in English