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* TheOtherRainforest: Takes place in Portland. Haber begins to believe Orr when he dreams [[SeriousBusiness that it hasn't rained there for two years]].
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' is a 1971 novel by UrsulaKLeGuin first serialized in ''Amazing Stories''. It was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards and won the Locus Award.
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' is a 1971 novel by UrsulaKLeGuin Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin first serialized in ''Amazing Stories''. ''Magazine/AmazingStories''. It was nominated for the Hugo UsefulNotes/HugoAward and Nebula Awards UsefulNotes/NebulaAward and won the Locus Award.
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* CaughtInTheRipple: When RealityWarper George Orr has an "effective dream" and changes the world, no one remembers what the original world was like except him and anyone who was present when he had the dream.
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* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: The novel. The whole point of the story is that nobody has the intelligence or wisdom to remake the world according to their own desires. The harder Haber tries, the worse things get.
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** To clarify: Heather's mixed race parentage was so fundamental to her personality that she seems to be ''philosophically'' incapable of existing. More mundanely, without race issues, the story of how her parents met isn't possible.
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Inaccurate plot description. Orr was entirely sure from page #1.
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George Orr is a [[TheEveryman perfectly ordinary man]] with one problem. Namely, when he wakes up from dreams, he gets the nagging feeling that things are ''different''. He begins to suspect that his dreams have the power to alter reality, retroactively changing the world to match his dreams, but that no one but him notices.
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George Orr is a [[TheEveryman perfectly ordinary man]] with one problem. Namely, when he wakes up from dreams, he gets the nagging feeling knows that things are ''different''. He begins to suspect that his His dreams have change the power to alter reality, retroactively changing past and present, leaving him with the world to match his dreams, memories of the old and new realities, but that no one but him notices.
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The world changes bit by bit while Haber tries to create his utopia, passing through many classic dystopian sci-fi ideas in the process. Orr suspects what Haber is up to, and tries to stop the doctor from using him to warp reality. But then things get a lot worse. [[MindScrew And a lot weirder]].
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The world changes bit by bit while Haber tries to create his utopia, passing through many classic dystopian sci-fi ideas in the process. Orr suspects what Haber is up to, and tries to stop the doctor from using him to warp reality. But then Then things get a lot worse. worse, [[MindScrew And and a lot weirder]].
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-->'''Haber:''' I'm sure she's out there somewhere.
-->'''Orr:''' I doubt it. She was brown, not grey.
-->'''Orr:''' I doubt it. She was brown, not grey.
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* MindScrew: Is Orr delusional? [[spoiler: Dying in a nuclear-blasted wasteland? A god? A figment of ''Dr. Haber's'' imagination?]]
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* DyingDream: [[spoiler: Strong possibility: the entire story is hallucinated by George as he is dying in a nuked Portland. This eliminates all fantastic elements of the story, and drives Haber insane when he finds out that, both, he and the new world he was building aren't real.]]
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* DyingDream: [[spoiler: Strong possibility: the entire story is hallucinated by George as he is dying in a nuked Portland. This eliminates all fantastic elements of the story, and drives Haber insane when he finds out that, both, that both he and the new world he was building aren't real.]]
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* LiteralGenie: Orr's subconscious. When another characters wishes the aliens off the moon, they get off the moon, all right.
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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haber creates a world state that regulates every aspect of people's lives, among other things.
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* StrawmanPolitical: If Haber is meant to represent utilitarianism and Western rationalism.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Oh so very much. Trying to solve overpopulation causes a plague which kills billions. Bringing about a united and peaceful mankind is achieved through a common foe in an alien invasion. Ending racism gives everyone bland grey skin.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Oh so very much. Trying To varying degrees, combined with BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. The clearest instance would be when Haber decides to solve overpopulation causes a plague remove racism, which kills billions. Bringing about a united and peaceful mankind is achieved through a common foe results in an alien invasion. Ending racism gives a world where everyone bland has dull grey skin.skin, and Heather ceases to exist as she was of mixed race.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Possibly what breaks [[spoiler:Haber in the end: He found out that the world ended in nuclear war years ago, and he and everyone else are only alive due to Orr's dream.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Oh so very much. Trying to solve overpopulation causes a plague which kills billions. Bringing about a united and peaceful mankind is achieved through a common foe in an alien invasion. Ending racism gives everyone bland grey skin.
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* DyingDream: [[spoiler: Strong possibility: the entire story is hallucinated by George as he is dying in a nuked Portland. This eliminates all fantastic elements of the story, and drives Haber insane when he finds out that, both, he and the new world he was building aren't real.]]
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' has been adapted twice into TV movies, first by PBS in 1980 (as part of a series that included ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', and then remade by A&E in 2002.
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' has been adapted twice into TV movies, first by PBS in 1980 (as part of a series that included ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'') and then remade by A&E in 2002.
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' has been adapted twice into TV movies, first by PBS in 1980 and then remade by A&E in 2002.
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''The Lathe of Heaven'' has been adapted twice into TV movies, first by PBS in 1980 (as part of a series that included ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', and then remade by A&E in 2002.
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's taoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens counsel Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has.
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's taoist Taoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens counsel Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has.
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* TimeCrash: [[spoiler: At the end of the book, Haber figures out a way to acquire George Orr's power for himself. When he tries it, the result is a world that's a chaotic mess.]]
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* PopulationControl: Haber feels the world is too crowded, so he gets Orr to dream about the world having fewer people. So a plague wipes out most of the world's population.
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* PopulationControl: Haber feels the world is too crowded, so he gets Orr to dream about the world having fewer people. So a plague wipes out most of the world's population.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Orr remembers all the past realities he's been through. But no one else does. Unless they were with Orr when Orr is ordered to change reality. When Haber orders the changes Haber remembers also. As well as when Heather is there, Haber, Heather and Orr all remember.
* StarfishAliens: They invade the Earth... although, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, they are peaceful.
* StarfishAliens: They invade the Earth... although, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, they are peaceful.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Orr remembers all the past realities he's been through. But no one else does. Unless they were with Orr when Orr is ordered to change reality. When Haber orders the changes changes, Haber remembers also. As well as And when Heather is there, Haber, Heather and Orr all remember.
* StarfishAliens: They invade the Earth...although, and then, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, a just-in-time dream, they are turn out to be peaceful.
* StarfishAliens: They invade the Earth...
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's Daoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens council Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has.
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's Daoist taoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens council counsel Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Haber's attempts continually go wrong because Orr's mind uses this trope. Wish for the world to be united? They'll be united by an AlienInvasion of the moon. Wish for the aliens to leave the moon? Fine, they leave the moon... [[OhCrap in order to invade Earth]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Haber's attempts to "perfect" the world continually go wrong because Orr's mind uses invokes this trope. Wish for the world to be united? They'll be united by an AlienInvasion of the moon. Wish for the aliens to leave the moon? Fine, they leave the moon... [[OhCrap in order to invade Earth]].
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's Daoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens council Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has
** Le Guin also clearly dislikes utilitarianism: in a reality where Haber essentially rules the world, his philosophy is summarized as "the greatest happiness for the greatest number," a utilitarian phrase, and the effect is terrifying.
** Le Guin also clearly dislikes utilitarianism: in a reality where Haber essentially rules the world, his philosophy is summarized as "the greatest happiness for the greatest number," a utilitarian phrase, and the effect is terrifying.
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* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's Daoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens council Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has
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** Le Guin also clearly dislikes utilitarianism: in a reality where Haber essentially rules the world, his philosophy is summarized as "the greatest happiness for the greatest number," a utilitarian phrase, and [[TotalitarianUtilitarian the effect isterrifying.terrifying]].
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* FunetikAksent: an Alien that George Orr meets is convinced that his name is Jor-Jor.
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* FunetikAksent: an An Alien that George Orr meets is convinced that his name is Jor-Jor.
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* TheOtherRainforest: takes place in Portland. Haber begins to believe Orr when he dreams [[SeriousBusiness that it hasn't rained there for two years]]
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* StarfishAliens: they invade the Earth...although, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, they are peaceful
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* StarfishAliens: they They invade the Earth...Earth... although, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, they are peacefulpeaceful.
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It Got Worse de-wicking.
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The world changes bit by bit while Haber tries to create his utopia, passing through many classic dystopian sci-fi ideas in the process. Orr suspects what Haber is up to, and tries to stop the doctor from using him to warp reality. But then things get [[ItGotWorse a lot worse]].worse. [[MindScrew And a lot weirder]].
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* FunetikAksent: an Alien that George Orr meets is convinced that his name is Jor-Jor.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Orr remembers all the past realities he's been through. But no one else does.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Orr remembers all the past realities he's been through. But no one else does. Unless they were with Orr when Orr is ordered to change reality. When Haber orders the changes Haber remembers also. As well as when Heather is there, Haber, Heather and Orr all remember.
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** Le Guin also clearly dislikes utilitarianism: in a reality where Haber essentially rules the world, his philosophy is summarized as "the greatest happiness for the greatest number," a utilitarian phrase, and the effect is terrifying.
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* AntiVillain / PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Haber, although YMMV
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* AntiVillain / PoliticallyCorrectVillain: AntiVillain: Haber, although YMMV
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* AntiVillain: AntiVillain / PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Haber, although YMMVYMMV
* ApocalypseHow: of various sorts
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* ApocalypseHow: of various sorts
* AuthorTract: the plot was informed fairly heavily by Le Guin's Daoist beliefs: whereas Haber tries to make the world better by forcing change through Orr's dreams, Orr tries his very best to stop anything from changing. The aliens council Orr to just "go with the flow" and be content with the reality that he has
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* ExactWords: this messes up quite a few of the intents of people trying to get Orr to dream things (perhaps the clearest example of this was when Heather tells Orr to dream the aliens "off the moon" and because of that they invade the Earth)
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* TheOtherRainforest: takes place in Portland. Haber begins to believe Orr when he dreams [[SeriousBusiness that it hasn't rained there for two years]]
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* StarfishAliens: they invade the Earth...although, thanks to one of Orr's dreams, they are peaceful
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George Orr is a [[TheEveryman perfectly ordinary man]] with one problem. Namely, when he wakes up from dreams, he gets the nagging feeling that things are ''different''. He begins to suspect that his dreams have the power to altering reality, retroactively changing the world to match his dreams. And no one but him notices.
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George Orr is a [[TheEveryman perfectly ordinary man]] with one problem. Namely, when he wakes up from dreams, he gets the nagging feeling that things are ''different''. He begins to suspect that his dreams have the power to altering alter reality, retroactively changing the world to match his dreams. And dreams, but that no one but him notices.
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* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Between Orr and Haber.
