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(DIR) Post #AC6VPeBCpLDBfVDGs4 by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2021-10-06T05:28:10Z
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I just finished reading Ursula Le Guin's novel The Telling. still processing it since it's a lot to take in. I enjoyed it, but it's definitely not my favorite. the culture it depicted felt rich but elusive. the struggle for the oppressed stories to survive be told was compelling, but the stories themselves felt like they were right on the edge of being meaningless or insubstantial.
(DIR) Post #AC6VPehStP13HYJ29Y by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2021-10-06T05:31:13Z
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it's interesting that as Le Guin's last Ekumen novel, this one dealt most directly with Earth; the only one to name more than indirect references to any Earth culture. it also dealt more directly than any other with religion and capitalism, but some of the capitalism critique felt a bit heavy-handed. the parallels to China and the cultural revolution (ideograms, old writing systems replaced) were a little weird too.but I enjoyed it; a fun read even if not at the level of The Dispossessed.
(DIR) Post #AC6VPfCJ2jgapCjfE0 by crodges@fosstodon.org
2021-10-06T15:26:56Z
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@technomancy I'm collecting authors to read more fiction. Can you recommend your favorites by Le Guin's? She was in my list forever.
(DIR) Post #AC6VPff1JyeeGGAayu by benjamin@pl.firechicken.net
2021-10-06T23:27:10.334124Z
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@crodges @technomancy A couple of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet: Four Ways to Forgiveness and Lathe of Heaven.
(DIR) Post #AC6VPg8RYaBrjVw5qK by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2021-10-06T23:52:27Z
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@benjamin @crodges both excellent books but poor starting places IMO; in particular reading Lathe of Heaven before Tao Te Ching will just Not Make Any Damn Sense. Four Ways is good but IMO better if you have some understanding of the Ekumen background.