The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765391414)

World Fantasy Award winner, Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, and Locus Award finalist for Best Novella, and one of NPR's Best Books of 2016

Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women's College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.
d"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." --Pamela Sargent, winner of the Nebula Award

Author: Kij Johnson
ISBN-10: 0765391414
ISBN-13: 9780765391414
Publisher: Tordotcom
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2016
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/18/2016
Shelf Awareness 08/30/2016