Wilhelm Reich fue un incomprendido que terminó sus días encarcelado y lejos del hijo que amaba, quien lo recordaría por el resto de sus días en ese horizonte extraño que desdibujó la realidad y el sueño y convirtió a su infancia en un misterio indescriptible. After fleeing the Nazi regime to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Reich eventually settled down in the United States, where he began on a series of inventions and theories which made his colleagues question his sanity. This is the book that Kate Bush wrote Cloudbusting about (see the video, it was shot by Terry Gilliam).

Peter's poetic way of writing makes this experience all the more enjoyable, and I can absolutely see why both Patti Smith and Kate Bush were so moved by this book, and I'd highly recommend it to both fans and non-fans of these wonderful musicians.

g. Jesus and Giordano Bruno – and a willingness to surrender one’s freedom to the most neurotic – e. There's many a wretched passage in the book, with Peter struggling with loss and identity in the aftermath of his fathers passing.

Although the exact science of the Accumulator was disputed (and is now considered pseudoscience), it became a hit among many, who claimed that it gave them a boost in energy as well as sexual vigor. Sometimes I scream in the car, driving along lost in the roar of turnpike driving, screaming, letting it out, making the windows vibrate. Which is exactly what happened - the police came, and the boy couldn't run fast enough to warn his Dad. Already regarded as a modern classic, A Book of Dreams is not only a beautifully written narrative of a remarkable friendship and collaboration, but a loving son's heartfelt tribute to a loving father. I then learned that another musical idol of mine, Kate Bush, has a song (and music video) about this book as well: "Cloudbusting".

The later pages howl with young Reich's pain and the difficulty of coming to terms with his father: genius or madman? And it's very unusual, beautiful book, written by this man through the eyes of himself when he was a child, looking at his father, and the relationship between them. I would recommend this to readers looking for something a little different; an auto-biographical mishmash of dreams and memories with the added elements of weather machines and UFOs. Unfortunately, Wilhelm Reich felt a bit more like a flat-earther and I found all of the moments which I think were meant to be moving, all v cheesy and overdone. I did like this book if not solely for the dream-like flow at its start but also for its good use of imagery and the science fiction framed but ultimately fantastical element of "cloudbusting".

And this is where A Book of Dreams comes in, as we see an adult Peter struggling to come to terms with his experiences as a child and the guilt he felt for not being able to somehow save his father from his arrest and early demise. News from Nowhere will not obtain personal information from other organisations, and will not share, pass on or sell personal information that we hold about individuals to anyone else. Jos eräs lempibiisini Kate Bushilta, Cloudbusting, ei perustuisi tähän kirjaan, en olisi varmaan koskaan lukenut tätä. Both the song and the book convey the author's sense of despair at, as he sees it, letting his father down and not being able to protect him. I wish the author had more info about himself and what he is up to now but the book is out of print and he has disappeared into anonymity.Me parece una historia apasionante, escrita por un hombre real con emociones reales, con una belleza descriptiva que cautiva a cualquiera que lo lea y lo invita a soñar. A Book of Dreams inspiró a Kate Bush a escribir una de las mejores canciones de los 80, por ser un libro bellísimo, narrado desde la perspectiva limpia e inocente de un niño que recuerda la vida de su padre.

Peter drifts in and out of a dream, with his dreams (one past, one present) meeting in the future to propel him through to his next steps in life. There is something intimate about being allowed to witness this very private reflection, and for this reason the book is as emotionally compelling as it is absolutely strange.

He also built other devices, such as “cloudbusters”, which were supposed to direct orgone into clouds and make it rain. If you are looking for a book about Wilhem Reich or his work by someone who knew him best, this isn't it.