The Dream-Quest Of Vellitt Boe

Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar WomenÆs 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." ùPamela Sargent, winner of the Nebula Award

• | Author: Kij Johnson
• | Publisher: Tordotcom
• | Publication Date: Aug 16, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0765391414
• | ISBN-13: 9780765391414