KAMN Show #5: The Lathe of Heaven
Welcome to Show #5!
This week, we head back to the classic bookshelves to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven.
Summer, Joe and Dave talk about this cautionary dystopian fable about the power of dreams and the possible repercussions of wanting to play God for everyone else.
We also have another presentation of Old School Anime Reviews for Your Ears, by Aaron from Weekly Anime Review. This week’s feature is Bubblegum Crisis… Enjoy!
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Yes, there were issues with the audio on my side of the conversation.
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Thanks for the Lathe of Heaven discussion, guys! Dave’s comments about how dated the story felt really resonated with me, as it’s a question I’ve been tossing around my brain for some time. I recently reread a boyhood fave of mine – “I, Robot” – and found that with the exception of one story (”Liar!”) it has not aged well at all. That’s probably a topic all its own for a future KAMN…
One other thing – do you post up advance notice of what you’re going to discuss, so that your loyal listeners can grab and read the book in question? thanks!
I saw the Lathe of Heaven movie when it aired. I liked it. It’s not something that I’d want to watch over and over but it was nice. Did you notice that the movie was sponsored by Lunesta or one of those other sleeping pill companies? It seems like this was the only reason the movie got made.
Oh… sorry, you are talking about the book. The movie didn’t compel me to read the book. From the podcast, it sounds like an ok book to read but it’s not high on my list.
I promise this is the last post on this.
I’m talking about the Lathe of Heaven movie that starred James Caan and Lisa Bonet. This movie managed to get the general gist of the book. It’s really slow but it looks good. It’s very stylized and the costuming was memorable. I remember thinking of this movie when Butterfly Effect came out.
The new Lathe of Heaven is worth a watch when you really have nothing else to do. BTW I had one of those days yesterday and watched The Village. It was elegant and I actually liked it more than Signs.
Just finished the book, the A&E movie, and the podcast all in the same day. The discussion was great! Like Joe, I really enjoyed the book in spite of its faults. The A&E version was abominable, IMO. One has to expect some re-writing to convert books to movie scripts, but the choices made by the screenwriter for this version were — unfortunate. Magnifying the Mannie character into something like Al from Quantum Leap was particularly pointless. Haber’s underlying humanitarian motives in helping/using George were virtually absent as well. Very disappointing adaptation.