In the Lathes of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin, the message being portrayed by the author is that we should not change what nature already has in store for us. Attempting to always make the world a better place no matter how drastic the change, we could inadvertently make bigger problems that were once unforeseen. People who strive at taking the world on as their own project will only lead to destruction, of either oneself …showed first 75 words of 2037 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2037 total…linger in our minds long after we finish reading Ubik. Webster’s Dictionary defines reality as, “1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. 2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Lathes of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin and Ubik by Philip K. Dick