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Ursula Le Guin was one of those authors that everyone mentioned when I said I liked science fiction. I don't know if it was an anarchist inclination against authority or simply that her books start off somewhat slow, but I'm just now getting around to her 25 years into my reading career.
This is a book of philosophy or political theory nearly as much as a book of science fiction. It tells the story of Shevek, a theoretical physicist in an anarchist society that's been gradually losing its anarch ...more
This is a book of philosophy or political theory nearly as much as a book of science fiction. It tells the story of Shevek, a theoretical physicist in an anarchist society that's been gradually losing its anarch ...more
One of "The 23 Best Sci Fi novels by women" http://best-sci-fi-books.com/23-best-...
I kind of can't believe I've never read this. ...more
I kind of can't believe I've never read this. ...more
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No one does gaunt man in existential crisis striding about a barren landscape like LeGuin.
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