U.K.Leguin's "Lath of Heaven"-Good Read?

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I started this novel a few years ago-but never read it.
Is it a good read? I found the structure of the novel a bit starnge.
What’s your take?

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I think it’s a good read.

3

I suppose you would have to.

4

I thought it was excellent.

And it’s “Lathe of Heaven”. “Lath of Heaven” is what’s behind the plaster walls in God’s office.

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I read it *only *after seeing the PBS dramatization starring Bruce Davison. Mmmm. Bruce Davison.

6

I love it- it’s one of my favorite books. I read it after seeing the old PBS version, not the newer one.

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Quite good, yes. It’s not “The Left Hand of Darkness,” but a good story.

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It’s a short book, should only take you an evening - why not read it?

9

Never read it, but everytime I see it in the bookstore, I think: “good title!”

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I also so the PBS film before reading the book. While there are differences, I enjoyed them both.

Earlier thread on the title.

11

I loved that book. Read it!

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It’s a great read. It’s not my favorite UKL book (that’s a split between Four Ways to Forgiveness and Left Hand of Darkness), but it’s certainly up there.

13

I really like it. The premise of the book was new to me and liked how fixing problems made new worse problems. I spent about ten years looking for the book after seen the show that PBS released for television. No book stores carried it back then in my area. Decades ago. I managed to find a second copy at a used book store so when I loaned it out mine was safe. It eventually didn’t get returned.

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It’s pretty good. I think Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed are better.

15

Also Wizard of Earthsea.

But yeah, it’s one of her signature pieces in a distinguished career.

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I’ve only seen the original movie. Other than the datedness of the production values I liked it a lot. How does the novel and the newer movie compare?

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Those are my favourites as well.

The Lathe of Heaven hasn’t aged as well as her Hainish-universe SF, I think. Well worth a read though. Also contains one of my favorite all-purpose quotes (“What if there are no ends, and all we have are means?”. Which is rather a theme of her work, in general)