The Lathe of Heaven

Bill Moyers interviews Ursula K. Le Guin about the film adaptation of her excellent (and phildickian) novel, The Lathe of Heaven. What I love about her work is it exemplifies how Le Guin and Philip K. Dick shaped each other's work, in addition to their correspondence. Indeed, I am still amazed that these two titans of SF went to the same high school and supposedly never crossed paths. Both also allude to The Beatles in powerful ways for their novels, particularly John Lennon in Dick's The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. As for the novel, it's an entertaining read on ethics, dreams, metaphysics, and even climate change, race, power, and gender. Like the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, as Haber's character illustrates in his twisted use of Orr's power.