![]() In Nebula-winner Johnson's (At the Mouth of the River of Bees) absorbing novella, Ulthar Women's College mathematics professor Vellitt Boe, who lives in the land of dreams, must track down Clarie Jurat, a student who seems to have run away with a man who inhabits the waking world. A remarkable accomplishment that repays rereading." -Pamela Sargent, winner of the Nebula AwardĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. ![]() Those familiar with Lovecraft's work will travel through a fantasy landscape infused with Lovecraftian images viewed from another perspective, but even readers unfamiliar with his work will be enthralled by Vellitt's quest. Vellitt's quest to find a former student who may be the only person who can save her community takes her through a world governed by a seemingly arbitrary dream logic in which she occasionally glimpses an underlying but mysterious order, a world ruled by capricious gods and populated by the creatures of dreams and nightmares. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life. ![]() "Kij Johnson's haunting novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her. Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. Campbell, and Locus Award finalist for Best Novella One of NPR's Best Books of 2016 and a Hugo, Nebula, John W. ![]()
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