Sven's review
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
hell yeah! one of my faves. now i need to read her others. oh, at the olympia anarchist bookfair, there was a distro from pdx, Strangers in the Tangled Wilderness, and they just came out with a series of zines that are interviews with writers on the intersection of anarchism & fiction. they have interviews with Alan Moore, Derrick Jensen, LeGuin, and Crimethinc. They look pretty interesting. The zines aren't online yet, but I found some of the text online.
Derrick Jensen: http://www.infoshop.org/inews/...
LeGuin:
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/...
thought you might be interested!
Sven's review
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sven's review
rating:
recommended for: can you process things like "ideas" and "big words"?
Ok, first off: if you identify as an anarchist you should definitely read this goddamn book. As my friend, Big Tim, put it, "if you're an anarchist, parts of it will just make you be like 'yea!'." Seriously, that's what he said. And he was right. But also, if you're not, mainly if you've just never really thought about it, but also if you just don't really give a fuck, check it out. The bit about coming home being an integral part of exploring v. merely adventuring is right on and the bit about lovers' distance from each other gave me a heart murmur. Also, it bludgeons any notion you may have of anarchists being careless and dysfunctional and, most important, makes a mockery of anyone that thinks authoritarianism is necessary. Ha!
All that aside, this is one of the best sci-fi books I've read. Added bonus: makes physics look resoundingly "tite".
All that aside, this is one of the best sci-fi books I've read. Added bonus: makes physics look resoundingly "tite".
hell yeah! one of my faves. now i need to read her others. oh, at the olympia anarchist bookfair, there was a distro from pdx, Strangers in the Tangled Wilderness, and they just came out with a series of zines that are interviews with writers on the intersection of anarchism & fiction. they have interviews with Alan Moore, Derrick Jensen, LeGuin, and Crimethinc. They look pretty interesting. The zines aren't online yet, but I found some of the text online.Derrick Jensen: http://www.infoshop.org/inews/...
LeGuin:
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/...
thought you might be interested!