E-book
The dream-quest of Vellitt Boe
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765386519
- ISBN: 0765386518
- ISBN: 0765391414
- ISBN: 9780765391414
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (169 pages) - Publisher: New York : Tom Doherty Associates, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | College teachers -- Fiction College teachers |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. Science fiction. |
Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Professor Vellitt Boe leaves the land of dreams for the waking world in search of student Claire Jurat, a quest on which secrets about her own mysterious past are revealed. - Macmillan School
One of NPR's Best Books of 2016 and a Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, and Locus Award finalist for Best Novella
Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Womenâs College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.
"Kij Johnson's haunting novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life. 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. 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. A remarkable accomplishment that repays rereading." âPamela Sargent, winner of the Nebula Award
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