H.G. Wells had a short story on much the same theme, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles." I asked Le Guin if she had been aware of Wells' story when she wrote hers, and she said that she hadn't heard of it until after The Lathe of Heaven was published.
H.G. Wells had a short story on much the same theme, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles." I asked Le Guin if she had been aware of Wells' story when she wrote hers, and she said that she hadn't heard of it until after The Lathe of Heaven was published.