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While Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray were dedicated dreamt users, and Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf consistently favored dreamed, other 19th and early 20th century writers-among them Charlotte Brontë, Mark Twain, G.K.

By the 19th century, evidence suggests that most major writers (or perhaps their editors and/or publishers) were somewhat conflicted. A century and change later, Jonathan Swift vacillated between dreamed and dreamt in Journal to Stella, a series of letters written between 17 and published posthumously in 1766, but chose dreamed for the one past-tense occurrence of dream in the 1726 Gulliver's Travels. Shakespeare typically opted for dreamt in his works, but occasionally employed dreamed as well. "I dreamt a dream tonight," says Romeo to Mercutio in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, written in the late 16th century. What was it your coworker did last night? They dreamed about that cold fish-filled field? Or is it more correct to say they dreamt about it?īoth dreamed and dreamt have been past tense forms of dream since the 14th century. Atrium is an author to watch.You know, maybe we'll just take a quick nap first. Readers who do not care about the conceptions of a traditional novel and its structure won’t want to miss this one. Meenins, Linda Deemer and others’ galactic voyages to expertly navigate themes of identity, belonging, existence, and connection. Though vague, overlapping timelines and large cast of diverse characters occasionally make the fantasy world difficult to visualize, high-stakes action and the deep thematic storyline propels this epic tale to its climactic end. She is equally skilled when it comes to drawing well-rounded characters and a multilayered plot rife with sci-fi intrigue. Atrium painstakingly conjures advanced time-traveling technology, combining it with Earthly traditions and cultures to deliver a meandering narrative embedded in mysticism and adventure.

Meenins’s mission takes an unexpected turn.

But with the resident alien colony on Earth in the middle of a blood feud, Dr. David Christopher Meenins is on his way to Earth, avoiding curious close encounter seekers. Price $14.99 (USD) Paperback, $1.99 Kindle editionĪtrium combines reality with myth, memory, and dream to create a metaphorical tale of epic proportions.