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
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I hope this helps!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |