Back in 2013, I decided I wanted to branch out and read more Sci-Fi. I started picking up books that I had heard good things about, of course starting with Ursula Le Guin. Unfortunately, I ended up going into a bit of a reading dip soon afterwards, mostly sticking to potato chip books and rereads. The dip had no connection to picking up Sci-Fi, it was just, you know, life.

The first book I picked up, and one that I have decided to add to my January 2023 reading list was The Lathe of Heaven.

I didn’t know much about this, just that I had heard it mentioned a few times as one of Le Guin’s “must reads”. But the blurb on the back of the book sounds good.

George Orr is in most respects a mild and unremarkable man, but he has an ability with which he can transform the world around him, for George’s dreams alter reality. His psychiatrist, William Haber, at first sceptical, cannot resist using George’s powers once he sees their effect – initially just to advance his own career, but then, gaining confidence, to try to change their overcrowded world into a more attractive place.

Have you read this? And what would you have picked for your first read as you started on a larger diet of Sci-Fi?