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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: recursivelyenumerable on January 23, 2018, 06:48:26 PM

Title: ursula le guin rip
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 23, 2018, 06:48:26 PM
Have just been reading Lathe of Heaven for the first time since this weekend, amazing book.
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: toku on January 23, 2018, 06:57:53 PM
https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/leguin/carrier-bag.htm

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Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: agrajag on January 23, 2018, 07:39:15 PM
I absolutely adore every book in the Earthsea series. R.I.P.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on January 23, 2018, 09:03:09 PM
Quote from: agrajag on January 23, 2018, 07:39:15 PM
I absolutely adore every book in the Earthsea series. R.I.P.

Man, I really did not like book 4, but the first three were real good. Book 1 is one of my favorite books of all time.

RIP :(
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Post by: El Babua on January 23, 2018, 09:11:12 PM
RIP :(
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: agrajag on January 23, 2018, 09:14:51 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 23, 2018, 09:03:09 PM
Quote from: agrajag on January 23, 2018, 07:39:15 PM
I absolutely adore every book in the Earthsea series. R.I.P.

Man, I really did not like book 4, but the first three were real good. Book 1 is one of my favorite books of all time.

RIP :(

Which one, Tehanu? It was a difficult read, but I liked it. Kind of flipped the mythos on its head. The Other Wind was a return to form I thought. I agree that the first one is the best, it made a big impression on me when I read it. So different from other high fantasy of the time: no happy endings, just bittersweet melancholy throughout. The third one (The Farthest Shore) is a close second.
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: kingv on January 23, 2018, 09:56:31 PM
Honestly, she wasn’t that hot :-/
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: HardcoreRetro on January 24, 2018, 06:59:34 AM
RIP :(

The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favourite sci-fi books.
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 24, 2018, 02:27:22 PM
Quote from: agrajag on January 23, 2018, 09:14:51 PM
Which one, Tehanu? It was a difficult read, but I liked it. Kind of flipped the mythos on its head.

Granted, it's probably been 16-17 years since I've read Tehanu [back when I was in grade school or high school], so I might feel a lot different about it now, but it was such a departure from the previous 3 books that I just didn't like it.
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: agrajag on January 24, 2018, 06:27:56 PM
It was weird reading about Ged being weak, vulnerable and powerless. The end where Tehanu transforms into a dragon was badass.
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: team filler on January 24, 2018, 06:29:25 PM
ursula le guin annihilated
Title: Re: ursula le guin rip
Post by: naff on January 24, 2018, 06:40:13 PM
For as poorly received as Tehanu was, it's the least pulpy and imo most important book in the series as far as making a statement that ties in with the rest of her work. The Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favourite novels of all time.