| 词条 | The Function of Dream Sleep |
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Plot summaryWhile grieving the deaths of several of his close friends, McGrath awakens from sleep to find that he is being bitten by an enormous mouth full of teeth; it then vanishes, leaving him with a profound sensation of loss. In seeking to understand what has happened, he discovers a hidden truth about the world. ReceptionThe story won the 1989 Locus Award for Best Novelette,[2] and was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novelette[3] and the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction.[4] Kirkus Reviews has described it as "Ellison aptly dramatizing his own emotional catharsis."[5] Gary K. Wolfe and Ellen Weil have criticized the story both for the central premise — stating that the mouth (which they call "bizarre" and "surreal") does not represent "McGrath's pain and loss but his refusal or inability to process mature grief" — and for its structure, which they consider to be parallel to "any number of science fiction wish-fulfillment fantasies involving secret masters", and thus "inappropriate for a tale of suffering".[6]References1. ^[https://books.google.ca/books?id=HkPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PR23&lpg=PR23&dq=%22function+of+dream+sleep%22+harlan+review&source=bl&ots=b_zRor31Yw&sig=Dx0wvpBTt8njI9EsM1Nbc3P1meg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA8YPr1vfVAhVl54MKHTxIDPYQ6AEIhQEwFA#v=onepage&q=%22actually%20had%20the%20strange%20dream%22&f=false Introduction] to Angry Candy, by Harlan Ellison, published 1988; "I saw the thread, and one day actually had the strange dream that opens 'The Function of Dream Sleep' and I knew I had to write that story to make some sense of all this misery and loneliness and aching." {{DEFAULTSORT:Function of Dream Sleep, The}}{{Harlan Ellison}}2. ^Locus Award Winners by Category, at the Science Fiction Awards Database; retrieved August 27, 2017 3. ^1989 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 27, 2017 4. ^Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners, at the Horror Writers Association; retrieved September 21, 2017 5. ^[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/harlan-ellison-4/angry-candy/ Angry Candy, by Harlan Ellison], reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published October 19, 1988; retrieved August 27, 2017 6. ^[https://books.google.ca/books?id=XvaIuzLV41gC&pg=PA225&lpg=PA225&dq=%22function+of+dream+sleep%22+ellison&source=bl&ots=6tHzVmG1Jl&sig=E_LfmX_cgA0qk8HM1ddRztxbUOc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN58zi0vfVAhVL_4MKHf8ZACwQ6AEIXjAP#v=onepage&q=%22function%20of%20dream%20sleep%22%20ellison&f=false Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever], by Gary K. Wolfe and Ellen Weil, published 2002 by Ohio State University Press 2 : Locus Award-winning works|Short stories by Harlan Ellison |
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