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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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The dream sequences in novels or movies or TV shows usually put me to sleep, perchance to dream. They are typically little more than a clumsy way of attaching symbolic resonance to the story, but without advancing plot, character development—an awkward Freudian intrusion into the narrative.

The dream sequences in myths and folktales are something altoget…

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