num_pages: 156
description: Before George Orr slips into a dreaming sleep induced by Doctor Haber, there are 7 billion undernourished people on an overcrowded Earth. Dream of space, of elbow room, of freedom, the Doctor says...The sleeper dreams of burying mounds of corpses... When he wakes, he 'remembers' there had been a Plague. Pollution-caused cancer had wiped out 6 billion people - ten years ago. Doctor Haber is pleased with his day's work of playing God. Tomorrow, the race question...Front cover illustration by Colin Hay
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: Grafton Books