Lathe of Heaven

This new version leaves the relation between George and Haber obscure, leaves out the Aliens, and hence the philosophical point of the book, and adds a tawdry romance between George and Heather. Instead of coming to love each other through their adventures, Heather falls for about as cheesy a pick-up line as I've heard of: "I knew you in a former reality, or in a dream." The transformations of Penny are unnecessary and unattractive. Is Manny supposed to be George's guardian angel or something? This would not need to be explained, but should have been dealt with further.

Anyone who wants to experience this story should read the book, which is considerably better even than the 1980 film version.