num_pages: 185
description: To dream of a different world can be poetic. To dream a different world into being can be terrifying. Just how terrifying is vividly portrayed in this exciting and moving new novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.  George Orr, frightened because he has discovered that he has the power of affective dreaming, consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Haber. Through hypnosis and electronics Haber attempts to dictate the mild-mannered Orr's dreams into creating a world at peace with itself. Orr reluctantly allows him to undertake the project, but as things go wrong he seeks the help of a lawyer, Heather Lalache, for legal redress.  What follows is a clash of wills and the desperate effort of the tortured Orr to restrain his new found destructive capacity.  Seldom has a writer so brilliantly set forth the drama of man;s ideals at war with his tragic fallibility. —From the just jacket flap.
language: English
title: The Lathe of Heaven
titlecomplete: The Lathe of Heaven
characters: George Orr, dreamer, Heather Lelache, lawyer, Dr. Haber, psychiatrist
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Philosophy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Audiobook
ratings_count: 70176
places: Portland, Oregon
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction
publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.