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Subject: sci-fi book about dream apples
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: trikota-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 07 Nov 2005 17:03 PST
Expires: 07 Dec 2005 17:03 PST
Question ID: 590310
I read a science fiction book about dream apples that I would like to read again. 
There were apples that were basically a drug that put people into very
vivid dreams. But someone was growing "rotten" apples that were
putting people in coma. I think there was also a sentence "my only god
is goth" but I could be wrong.
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Subject: Re: sci-fi book about dream apples
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 07 Nov 2005 18:50 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Trikota,

I believe the book you have in mind is The Continent of Lies by James Morrow.

From Google Groups:

James Morrow's _The Continent of Lies_ is a novel about recordable dreams. 

?Not exactly.  It was closer to a form of virtual reality movies.  There 
were these apples you ate, and then experienced a narrative nearly 
indistinguishable from reality.  They didn't have much to do with dreams, 
but IIRC they were called dream apples.? 

HUGE SPOILER 

?... A fairly common problem in sf, in fact.  It turns out that there is a 
way to make dream apples that will drive you insane if you eat them.  This 
problem is resolved by banning all dream apples.?

Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.written/browse_thread/thread/b5b1e05969f68407/a47343d8e76aa41a?lnk=st&q=science+fiction+book+dream+apples&rnum=1&hl=en#a47343d8e76aa41a


About the book:

?Quinjin is a reviewer of dreams who becomes a hero. Centers around
the nearly forgotten art form of dreambean. Enter a dreambean parlor,
eat a cephalic apple and leave reality behind. But one tree bears bad
fruit. Fruit that drives minds into full madness. When Quinjin's
daughter is tempted by the forbidden fruit, Quinjin's quest to kill
and find its evil creator starts.?

Fantastic Fiction
http://www.ffbooks.co.uk/n0/n1603.htm


Hallucinogenic apples

?Quinjin, a reviewer of the dreams produced by dreambeans,
hallucinogenic apples, discovers that someone has developed a fruit
that drives it victims to madness.?
http://www.akademibokhandeln.se/db/caweb/cc_artikel.visa_artikelkort?cartikel_id=4181682



The Continent of lies  is available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671559699/103-8989118-0440621?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance


Search terms used:
Dream apples science fiction book 


I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
trikota-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you, thank  you. I am so happy you found the book for me.

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Subject: Re: sci-fi book about dream apples
From: pinkfreud-ga on 07 Nov 2005 18:58 PST
 
I agree with my friend and colleague Bobbie7. I have read "The
Continent of Lies," and it is definitely your book. In addition to the
plot details which Bobbie listed, this book does contain the phrase
"My only god is Goth."

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