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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
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ISBN10: 0765391414
ISBN13: 9780765391414
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: Aug 16 2016
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780765391414
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: Aug 16 2016
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
World Fantasy Award winner, Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, and Locus Award finalist for Best Novella, and one of NPR's Best Books of 2016
Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women's College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.dKij Johnson's haunting novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life. Vellitt's quest to find a former student who may be the only person who can save her community takes her through a world governed by a seemingly arbitrary dream logic in which she occasionally glimpses an underlying but mysterious order, a world ruled by capricious gods and populated by the creatures of dreams and nightmares. Those familiar with Lovecraft's work will travel through a fantasy landscape infused with Lovecraftian images viewed from another perspective, but even readers unfamiliar with his work will be enthralled by Vellitt's quest. A remarkable accomplishment that repays rereading. --Pamela Sargent, winner of the Nebula Award
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