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Dream a Little Dream Kindle Edition

by Piers Anthony (Author), Julie Brady (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
“[A] fantasy adventure that uses the quixotic nature of dreams as a background for a modern-day pilgrimage of hope.” —Library Journal
 
Nola and Tina are both girls with problems. They don’t know each other yet, but they will, because each is a Creator, with the magical ability to turn dreams into reality. It would be a great gift and a great power—if either knew she had it. But this world is hard on dreamers, whether they dream true or not.     

Nola is trapped in a terrible, abusive relationship with a man she once loved; Tina is an orphan who makes her living on the street. All their dreams are slowly being ground into dust. 

It’s a common enough tragedy, a sorrow and a grief and a shame upon the world, no matter whom it happens to. But when dreams themselves die, when the great dreamers stop dreaming, whole universes of imagination are lost. And the land of Nola and Tina’s dreams is fighting back. Into their miserable everyday world soars Esprit, a winged unicorn dark as the space between the stars. He is the vessel of Nola’s dreams, come to aid her in her battle with sordid reality. Following after him comes Prince Michael, whose quest it is to find the human dreamers who can save his land from ruin. 
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  4. Publication date
    July 1, 2014
  5. File size
    4.7 MB
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Bestselling fantasist Anthony teams up with another first-time author (as he did in Quest for the Fallen Star, Forecasts, June 8) for this story of a fairy tale world called Kafka, born of the dreams of humans known as "Creators." Nola is one of the Creators, a battered woman whose only solace is the beautiful, so-very-realistic sleep visions through which she travels with a black winged unicorn named Spirit. When Kafka is threatened by the cruel and "noxious" creatures known as the Fren, King Eric Edward sends his only son, Mitch, to find Nola and bring her to Kafka to help save the world. Together with Spirit and a cast of assorted creatures including Misty ("the resident friendly ghost"), lisping carnivorous worms, telepathic dogs, flighty wood nymphs and a "stareless" basilisk named Snort, Nola and Mitch set off on the dangerous journey to the land of the Fren, ruled by a king who will stop at nothing to destroy them. The story jumps awkwardly between Kafka and Earth, with little lift supplied by the cardboard characters and weak plotting. In spite of positive messages about self-esteem and self-reliance, the novel is a downer. Admirers of Anthony's popular Xanth novels will look in vain for the pun-laden humor so prevalent in those tales, while others will be put off by the haphazard execution and precious tone.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Retreating from the abuse and misery that characterize their everyday existence, Nola and Tina seek refuge in a world of lucid dreams only to find that their dream world lies in peril from those who would crush all hope. Veteran sf and fantasy author Anthony and first-time novelist Brady collaborate in this fantasy adventure that uses the quixotic nature of dreams as a background for a modern-day pilgrimage of hope. For large fantasy collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KLOXYUS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy; 1st edition (July 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.7 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Piers Anthony

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Piers Anthony is one of the world's most popular fantasy authors, and a New York Times bestseller twenty-one times over. His Xanth novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives hundreds of letters from his devoted fans.In addition to the Xanth series, Anthony is the author of many other best-selling works. Piers Anthony lives in Inverness, Florida.

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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013
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    As always, I love a Piers Anthony work, and this collaboration is quite good. I hope to read more from Julie Brady soon.
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  • JS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice read
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013
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    Excellent read. Author's note made it even more more so. I can't imagine dreaming an entire book. Good job Julie and Piers!
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  • joholdren@webtv.net (Joanna)
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 1999
    They say, "you cant judge a book by it's cover," well, that isnt alwaya the case.The cover in this book says it all. It is a great book and I highly suggest it to anyone who loves the thrill of fantasy and adventure.(Not to mention a little romance).If your like me, you dont just buy any book, it has to be perfect. Right? Well, this book is perfect.Another thing about this book is when you're reading it, it's like you're actually there,going through whatever the charactor is going through.It is a great book!! Read it.
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  • Benjamin Gremillion bGrem@IBM.net
    5.0 out of 5 stars A heart touching story...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 1999
    When I first looked at this book ,it was sadly not for Julie, but for Piers Anthony. But as always after I picked it up I could not put it down! Even if two authors had written this book about Tina and Nola, they both deserve the credit. Now I know Piers is a great writer ,but Julie is just as great. It was actually a very heart touching story...and a sometimes sad one. This story was greatly illistrated and I thought that Nola and Tina were very good character structures. All in all I give this book my compliments and a five-star rating.
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  • Stormi
    1.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Awful
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2009
    This book was amazingly awful. From the simplistic, awkward wording of the book to the lack of creativity, this book was just bad. The main characters were whiny and emo, and I found it difficult to get behind them and feel supportive. Not only that, but the plot, for me, fell flat. There was no real cohesive plot, and certainly nothing creative or remotely deep. The fantasy world was ill defined as a whole and fell well short of worlds created in other fantasy works. I finished the whole book, not out of any sort of attention but more out of an incredulous horror that such a poorly worded piece could be successfully published. However, I would still recommend reading it because if you don't take it too seriously, it can be absolutely hilarious.
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  • Fruit Cake
    1.0 out of 5 stars Some concepts were intriguing, but overall a disappointment.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2004
    A lot of the problems I had were basic problems: 3rd person point of view shifts every few paragraphs - and sometimes within paragraphs, a bit of clunky wordage, quite a bit of telling instead of showing (needs fewer adverbs!), and the requirement that you suspend disbelief a bit too much.

    The "suspension of disbelief" was a problem with having the friend who took this stranger's word for the fantastic things that happened to the main character, without so much as a blink. Sure, you are a prince and came from an alternate reality, and my friend brought you back here? There was no supporting structure that would allow this friend to believe a stranger saying the fantastic things he was saying. Maybe with a bit more of a lead in, some supporting character development to indicate a gullible psyche...maybe that would work.

    I think the only reason it was published was the name Piers Anthony on the manuscript - and even then I am surprised it was! It had promise, but needed much more work than it got.
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  • Diana R. Sherman
    1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing dream journal
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2000
    Warning 1- this is not really a fantasy novel.
    Warning 2- Piers Anthony did not write it.
    I'll explain. Anthony has an unfortunate tendency to find fans of his with heartrending personal lives, and he tries to brighten those lives and line his pocket book at the same time. He encourages them to write books, then he signs on as a cowriter, without actually contributing much, and gets the book published. That's what happened here. This novel started out as a dream journal. As such, it's perfectly fine and should be kept personal. It should never have been marketed as a fantasy novel. Added to that, Brady can't write very well. Her plot, what I could discern of it, was fine. Her decision to discuss abuse is laudable. Unfortunately, her style is nonexistant, her language is clunky and unbelievable, and her characters are cardboard. I have never been this dissappointed in a book. The best thing about it is actually the blurb on the back. As another reviewer stated, if you want to read a good story with some of the same elements, read A Game of You by Gaiman.
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