Ursula K. Le Guin: Five Novels (Loa #379): The Lathe of Heaven / The Eye of the

<b>Together for the first time, all 5 standalone novels from the Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer who reinvented science fiction, including one restored to print <p/>Spans from the 1971 classic <i>The Lathe of Heaven</i> to her career-crowning 2008 masterpiece <i>Lavinia</i></b> <p/>This 7th volume in the definitive Library of America edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's works presents 5 remarkable standalone novels that showcase her boundless creativity and literary range. <p/>In the Locus Award-winning <i><b>The Lathe of Heaven </b></i>(1971), one of Le Guin's most admired works of science fiction, George Orr begins have effective dreams: dreams that change reality itself. But when he turns to the sleep researcher William Haber for help, the doctor sees an opportunity to use Orr's strange gift for his own ends. <p/>A former Terran prison colony on the planet Victoria seems destined for revolution in <i><b>The Eye of the Heron</b></i> (1978), when the authoritarian leaders in the City try to assert control over the peaceful farmers who have been sent to live around them. <p/><i><b>The Beginning Place</b></i> (1980) is a parable-like story in which Hugh and Irena have both found their way to the Beginning Place, a gateway to another world. The two initially become enemies, but must learn to work together when the utopia they've found turns out to have a shadow. <p/>The long out-of-print <i><b>Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand</b></i> (1991) is a <i>Winesburg, Ohio</i>-like serie