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Kij Johnson

Kij Johnson is a writer of speculative and experimental fiction whose The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe revisits Lovecraft’s Dreamlands through a mature female protagonist. Her broader work includes Japanese-inspired fantasy, stories about animals and human perception, and another literary continuation, The River Bank.

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Cats occupy the old streets of an imagined Ulthar beneath amber lamps.
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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe revisits Lovecraft’s Dreamlands through an experienced woman whose journey begins with responsibility for a student and develops into a reconsideration of her own life. Kij Johnson uses familiar geography as the setting for a new quest, with different social stakes and a different relationship to the waking world.

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