The Lathe of Heaven
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The Lathe of Heaven Playlist

by Ursula K. Le Guin

20 tracks
balanced
Sep 30, 2026

“The Lathe of Heaven” is driven by cascading alternate realities, dream logic, and the uneasy ethics of changing the world. This playlist leans into sci‑fi atmosphere—glowing synth textures, restless minimalism, and quietly tense ambience for Orr’s shifting mental states—then balances it with lyric-driven tracks that echo guilt, hope, and the cost of rewriting life.

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20 songs
1

Plainsong - Remastered

The Cure · Disintegration (Deluxe Edition)

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How to Disappear Completely

Radiohead · Kid A

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The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Currents

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The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John · To Be Continued...

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Happier

Ed Sheeran · ÷ (Deluxe)

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The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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Young Lion

Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City

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Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver · The John Denver Collection, Vol 1: Take Me Home Country Roads

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Donkey Rhubarb

Aphex Twin · Donkey Rhubarb

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Coastal Brake

Tycho · Dive

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Aqueous Transmission

Incubus · Morning View

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Ready to Start

Arcade Fire · The Suburbs (Deluxe)

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Breathe

The Prodigy · The Fat of the Land

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Everything Now

Arcade Fire · Everything Now

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18

Youth

Daughter · If You Leave

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19

Love Me Like You Do

Ellie Goulding · FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - Befreite Lust (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Don't Start Now

Dua Lipa · Future Nostalgia

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