![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A remarkable accomplishment that repays rereading. 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. 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. Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life. Kij Johnsons Vellit Boe is a middle-aged woman who takes it upon herself to recover a student at her University whos taken off with a man. "Kij Johnson's haunting novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. ![]() When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis One of NPRs Best Books of 2016 and a Hugo, Nebula, John W. Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. Hugo Award nominee 2017, Nebula Award Nominee 2016. ![]()
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