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[[Image:LeGuin-Lathe-1stEd-hard-1971-Scribner-0684125293.jpg|thumb|right|125px|First edition hardcover, Scribner & Sons, ISBN 0-684-12529-3]] | [[Image:LeGuin-Lathe-1stEd-hard-1971-Scribner-0684125293.jpg|thumb|right|125px|First edition hardcover (1971), Scribner & Sons, ISBN 0-684-12529-3]] | ||
[[Image:LeGuin-LatheOfHeaven-Swedish-1979.jpg|thumb|right|125px|1979 Swedish edition, ''På andra sidan drömmen'', Kindbergs Förlag, Sweden]] | [[Image:LeGuin-LatheOfHeaven-Swedish-1979.jpg|thumb|right|125px|1979 Swedish edition, ''På andra sidan drömmen'', Kindbergs Förlag, Sweden]] | ||
'''The Lathe of Heaven''' is a 1971 fable / science fiction novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. | [[Image:LeGuin-Lathe-Avon1997-1.jpg|thumb|right|125px|1997 Avon edition]] | ||
'''The Lathe of Heaven''' is a 1971 fable / science fiction novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. It has been adapted twice for television: [[The Lathe of Heaven (1980 PBS)]] and [[The Lathe of Heaven (2002 AE)]]. | |||
The work explores the nature of power and hubris. It follows the story of George Orr, who discovers that his dreams can alter reality. Once his psychiatrist understands that Orr's power is real, he tries to make the world better. | The work explores the nature of power and hubris. It follows the story of George Orr, who discovers that his dreams can alter reality. Once his psychiatrist understands that Orr's power is real, he tries to make the world better. | ||
==Editions== | ==Editions== | ||
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* ? : Millennium Books, ISBN 1857989511 | * ? : Millennium Books, ISBN 1857989511 | ||
* 2001: Gollancz | * 2001: Gollancz | ||
* 2002: television adaptation for A& network | * 2002: television adaptation for A&E network | ||
==Further reading== | |||
* [http://www.criticker.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20562 Criticker] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:47, 6 January 2011
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 fable / science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. It has been adapted twice for television: The Lathe of Heaven (1980 PBS) and The Lathe of Heaven (2002 AE).
The work explores the nature of power and hubris. It follows the story of George Orr, who discovers that his dreams can alter reality. Once his psychiatrist understands that Orr's power is real, he tries to make the world better.
Editions
- 1971: Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0-684-12529-3 (first print edition; hardcover)
- 1979: Kindbergs Förlag, Sweden
- 1980: television adaptation for PBS (WNET?)
- 1997: Eos
- ? : Millennium Books, ISBN 1857989511
- 2001: Gollancz
- 2002: television adaptation for A&E network