The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
Book description
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…
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1 author picked The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In a genre full of stories of almost infinite variety, this is one that caught my eye.
A middle-aged female professor of mathematics goes on a quest with her cat to track down a former student who is the only one who can save their world from destruction. Sounds cozy, doesn’t it? Except for the world-ending part.
And the fact that Vellitt’s path lies straight through a dreamscape out of the Lovecraftian mythos in this critique/homage to H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. But you don’t have to have read the latter to enjoy the journey.
Vellitt is…
From Catherine's list on fantasy tales about women over 40.
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