tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post1039237326689419909..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: RIP Ursala LeGuinJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-24905522996562218612018-01-24T18:57:48.099-05:002018-01-24T18:57:48.099-05:00I think "The Left Hand of Darkness" is a...I think "The Left Hand of Darkness" is a model of how to write a political novel that is not too political to be fascinating and enjoyable.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-46590689474462966002018-01-24T17:51:34.234-05:002018-01-24T17:51:34.234-05:00Yes, another great choice. Le Guin wrote SF&F...Yes, another great choice. Le Guin wrote SF&F with social and political themes. Not much techno-babble in her works, not even in The Dispossessed, whose protagonist was a physicist. The physics wasn't the point. Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-61303731148752527212018-01-24T15:24:40.946-05:002018-01-24T15:24:40.946-05:00For me, her most powerful was The Left Hand of Dar...For me, her most powerful was <i>The Left Hand of Darkness</i>-- in fact I just recommended it to a teacher creating a course around literature of "otherness."pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-9308033367727973572018-01-24T14:23:14.463-05:002018-01-24T14:23:14.463-05:00The book/series of hers most mentioned is the Eart...The book/series of hers most mentioned is the <i>Earthsea</i> series. But the ones I would recommend are <i>The Dispossessed</i> and <i>The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas</i>. The latter is a short story. <i> The Dispossessed</i> shows, among other things, how alike anarchy and statism can be -- pressure to conform with serious consequences for failing to do so -- while <i>The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas</i> is a not so subtle criticism of utopia.<br />Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com