Fall 2005 Work of Literary Merit (WOLM)

The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula Le Guin

To find information about Ursula Le Guin and her work, try some of the following sources:

Articles in the Library's Online Databases

Literature Resource Center

This online database includes biographical information about Ursula LeGuin as well as literary criticism of her writing and some discussion of The Lathe of Heaven. The information is drawn from standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism .

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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

The Expanded Academic ASAP (formerly called "InfoTrac") database contains magazine and journal articles on many topics. A search for "le guin ursula " (not "ursula le guin") will locate numerous articles in online magazines as well as in print copies of magazines held in the SRJC libraries. You can also search Expanded Academic ASAP for related topics such as dreams.

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ProQuest Databases

ProQuest offers articles from magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers on the works of author Ursula Le Guin, including her novel Lathe of Heaven,

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Books, Articles and Films on Library Reserve for the WOLM

A collection of books and journal articles about Ursula Le Guin and The Lathe of Heaven have been placed on reserve in the SRJC libraries for the WOLM project. In addition, several films may be be viewed inside the SRJC libraries. In the Plover Library, ask for books and articles at the Reserve Books window; ask for films at the Media Services window. In the Mahoney Library, ask for books, articles or films at the Circulation Desk.

Selected Web Sites for the WOLM Project

On Ursula Le Guin and Her Work
On Topics Related to The Lathe of Heaven

Websites on Ursula Le Guin and Her Work

Ursula K. Le Guin's Official Website

Here the author offers information about her life and her work, a Frequently Asked Questions section in which she responds to readers' questions about her writing and other topics, bibliographies of her own works as well as lists of some secondary sources, reviews and articles about her and her work, with links to some of the articles.

The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin - Harper Academic .

This note to teachers, from the Harper Academic publishing company, includes a very brief plot summary and a discussion of the book, an excerpt from chapter one, a brief reader's guide, a short interview with the author about the book and some questions for discussion.

Synopsis of Lathe of Heaven

Synopsis and commentary by Anderson Smith on the Science Fiction Museum website.

Class Lecture Notes on The Lathe of Heaven

Notes for the class "Science Fiction: Literature and Film," prepared by the Drexel University Libraries.

Chronicles of Earthsea (Interview with Ursula Le Guin, The Guardian, Feb. 9, 2004)

"Ursula Le Guin's books include A Wizard of Earthsea, The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness and many others. This is an edited transcript of her online Q&A, in which she answered readers' questions about anarchism, utopias, Harry Potter, her favourite planets and the best Dr Who."

Ursula K. Le Guin Straddles Genres and Masters Them All

Mark B. Wilson interviews Ursula Le Guin for SciFi.com.

Ursula K. Le Guin

A January 2001 article on Le Guin written by Faith L. Justice on salon.com.

 

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Websites On Topics Related to The Lathe of Heaven

• Dreams (Links collected by Dr. William C. Dement)
• The Quantitative Study of Dreams (University of California, Santa Cruz dreamresearch.net)
• Lucid Dreaming (Wikipedia)
• Dreams and   Lucid Dreams (Open Directory Project)
• Taoism

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