Dreamside

Dreamside is a fantasy novel by Graham Joyce first published in the United Kingdom by Pan Books in 1991. It was later reprinted in the United States by Tor Books in 2000. The novel's primary theme is the power of the subconscious and the futility of attempting to escape the past. The novel deals with four British college students. They are drawn together by a study funded by the Psychology Department that is in need of student volunteers. The stu... more

Dreamside is a fantasy novel by Graham Joyce first published in the United Kingdom by Pan Books in 1991. It was later reprinted in the United States by Tor Books in 2000. The novel's primary theme is the power of the subconscious and the futility of attempting to escape the past. The novel deals with four British college students. They are drawn together by a study funded by the Psychology Department that is in need of student volunteers. The study deals with lucid dreaming: the ability to know that one is dreaming and, occasionally, be able to control the dream itself. The study group dwindles over the span of the semester until there is a core group left: Lee, Ella, Brad, and Honora. The four dreamers, lead by Professor L.P. Burns, take the role of paid researchers for an experimental field of study: shared lucid dreaming. They manage to create a pocket of shared space that they call "Dreamside" and begin experimenting with different phenomena. But venturing to Dreamside has a... less