Ayo’s Reviews > The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy > Status Update

On Feedback and Critique:

“We don’t have to be defensive anymore.

We are not children, or untouchables, or cripples anymore.

We are now adults and active members of society and as such, we have a challenge to meet.

We’ve got to stop skulking around, playing by ourselves like the kid everybody picks on.”

Wow! The last essay was 🔥

“To accept trashy books because they are bestsellers is the same thing as accepting adulterated food, ill made machines, corrupt government and military and corporate tyranny and praising them and calling them the American way of life, or the American dream.

It’s betrayal of reality. Every betrayal, every lie accepted leads to the next betrayal and lie.”

OMG!!! Girl chill. Wow? 😩😭🤣

“Posing evil as a problem is escapism.”

Le Guin definitely has some strong and interesting opinions. I wonder what she’d say if she was around to revise this book.

This was less a book about writing for me and more about being and having a mind of your own.

Also beyond her obvious love for the SciFi community, Le Guin love for the arts, especially the written word shines through ❤️

“Real villains are rare and they never occur in flux.“

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“If I want to live in the real world, I must withdraw my projections. I must admit that the hateful, the evil exists within myself.

This isn’t easy. It’s very hard not to be able to blame anybody else. But it maybe worth it.”

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“To qualify as an escape , the prisoner must get to somewhere better than their prison.”

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