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A thread about Ursula K. Le Guin? Opinions, thoughts, recomendations...?

>> No.11295321

>>11295300
We're against women here, kid.
We believe that they're better off in the home, subservient to her husband, and rearing white children.
Give women the vote, and you get a world like the one you see today: one in which I am unhappy

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>>11295300
One of the best writers of the later 20th century.
Very soothing style. Writing about hulking war machines seems to pass in a haze.

I read Lavinia most recently. Very pleasant.

>>11295321
>Give women the vote, and you get a world like the one you see today
The world was like this before the vote. Your diagnosis is faulty

>> No.11296029

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a must-read short story from her - it's pure /lit/.
>>11295300
I remember reading the first book of the earthsea trilogy when I was a kid (which I can't remember particularly liking or disliking, even though it evoked some strong emotions back in the day) but I somehow never managed to finish the whole series. does it get better or worth? do you guys think I should resume?

>> No.11296033

>>11295958
Ugly dyke.

>> No.11296034

She has some really good interviews. Definitely one of the better more literary sci-fi writers ever. Check out her Bookwork interview fo sho and then she has a collection of her interviews out now.

>> No.11296066

I enjoy dr. shevek's rants

>> No.11296106

>>11295300
The only thing I read by her was the short story collection "Changing Planes" which I found very interesting an creative, but also a little heavy-handed at times. I didn't like the stories where she would basically just describe a sci-fi situation which was just a silly, smug, exaggeration of a real-life thing in America. But only two of the stories were really that bad, and the rest were quite fun.
>>11295321
This kind of 'parody', if you can call it that, hasn't been funny since 2008. Maybe you should go to /b/ or some other normie board?

>> No.11296114

>>11296029
Worth

Haven't read them, but they're worth a second look I'd think.

>> No.11296120

Lathe of Heaven had some great moments. 7/10 overall. I also hold She Unnames Them very close to my heart
Haven't read anything else from her

>> No.11296121

>>11296114
Ugly dyke.