I haven't read the other books (though I've been meaning to read The Golden Compass for awhile, and assuming I like it I will probably read the sequel mentioned here), but I thought The Lathe of Heaven was absolute crap.
The protagonist was definitely unlikeable, as you say. There were some interesting snippets in the conversations between Orr and the therapist, but nothing that really redeemed the book in my eyes.
Unfortunately, it was the first thing I read by Le Guin, and the only thing for a very long time. I recently picked up The Dispossessed and liked it very much, so that was my own fault for judging an author by a mediocre book. I hope her other stuff is more like that book than Lathe.
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:18pm
I haven't read the other books (though I've been meaning to read The Golden Compass for awhile, and assuming I like it I will probably read the sequel mentioned here), but I thought The Lathe of Heaven was absolute crap.
The protagonist was definitely unlikeable, as you say. There were some interesting snippets in the conversations between Orr and the therapist, but nothing that really redeemed the book in my eyes.
Unfortunately, it was the first thing I read by Le Guin, and the only thing for a very long time. I recently picked up The Dispossessed and liked it very much, so that was my own fault for judging an author by a mediocre book. I hope her other stuff is more like that book than Lathe.
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