Note: The title given in the table of contents is:       Background: "The Lathe of Heaven" The title given on the title page is simply:       'The Lathe of Heaven' While we usually use the title page title, this record uses the table of contents title so as not to confuse this record with the novel itself.

Synopsis: A 2-page essay, the first half of which is a discussion of science fiction and why it's important, and popular. The second half is about the process of converting Le Guin's novel to a TV-movie (which is why this is in TV Guide), including a discussion of "the one preposterous notion" in the novel.