# Dream or Book Imagery? 2015 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-or-book-imagery-2015-edition/738903 "2015-11-29T03:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-or-book-imagery-2015-edition/738903/1 "2015-11-29T03:07:52Z")
The purpose of this thread is pretty simple: ask people if you’re remembering something that’s actually from a book, or if you dreamed it. Maybe someone will know the book it came from, if such a book exists. These are mine, feel free to add your own as well as weigh in on mine if they ring any bells. Is this from a book or a dream? A plant, which grows in an alien landscape or fantasy setting, looks startling like something that has been strangled to death. The plant might look like a strangled person, or perhaps a kitten(?) How about this? An exterminator sets traps expecting that his client has a rat problem, but when he checks the traps he’s caught something else entirely: little rat-sized monsters. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-or-book-imagery-2015-edition/738903/2 "2015-12-02T02:57:39Z")
So are we leaning towards dreams, then? ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-or-book-imagery-2015-edition/738903/3 "2015-12-04T05:37:21Z")
I don’t r cog use the ones you mentioned as examples, so I can’t say. As for myself I can’t remember any off the top of my head right now, but I have certainly had this experience plenty of times, especially as a kid.