reading crustacean reviewed The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one …
very different from her other works
3 stars
This one, to me, seemed very untypical for Le Guin. I would have thought it was one of her first, but actually it was written after the hainish cycle. The Taoism is very on the nose here, but it doesn't have much of the poetry and the reverence for life and mind that I loved about her other works.
It was written as an homage to Philip K. Dick and it really read more like one of his novels, like classical 70s sci-fi.