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    <body><![CDATA[We just discussed this in my Moral Philosophy class. It was awesome.<br/><br/>There are however, a lot of unanswered questions: Where did the child come from? Will it (in this case, the child almost cannot have a gender, it is in a society by itself and is, in effect, neuter) ever die? If it dies,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69754225">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most intriguing allegories since Plato's Allegory of the Cave, this one puts an inquisitive spotlight on the means that one City (Omelas) follows in order to get to their current &quot;ends:&quot; happiness, success, fortune, delight, and cultural integrity. How adequate is the Utopia tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24937402">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite short stories. Brilliantly written, with a very lingering question: What does happiness mean when it causes so much pain to another?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is truly a brilliant work of dystopian science fiction. I first read it in the 1970s and it haunts me still. I can't recommend it highly enough.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was in a Utopian Fiction seminar in my senior year of high school, and as a consequence of this read every breed of utopian and dystopian story that could be found. Most Utopian stories are awful, irrelevant, pretentious, presumptuous, or boring. Not so with this one. The city that Le Guin creates...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37990004">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading this story in junior high school, I believe, in one of my English classes. It has stuck with me ever since.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Gorgeous language, haunting story, astounding premise.  Highly recommended.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my all-time favorite short story, and I don't even like short stories!  It's a haunting meditation on the role of injustice in a utopia.  Well worth the 15 minutes it takes to read...it's been years since I read it, and I still think of it often.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best short discussion of the difficulties of sorting through and acting out communal ethics that I know. And it's a terrific bit of Le Guin, too.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a particularly good work of Ursula's.  Basically the story considers the ultimate utilitarian question.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a great short story about a utopian community whose happiness is based on the misery of one small child.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this story.  I love the slow build up to the horrific revelation. Way to go Ursula!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, I really enjoyed this story. Kinda like how I enjoyed 1984.]]></body>
    
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