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mireiaaaaaa3's review against another edition
4.0
Aquest recull d'articles l'he llegit en dues tirades i en la primera sé qui hi va haver alguna cosa que em va xirriar una miqueta, però la resta és meravellós. He llegit altres assajos de la Le Guin, però aquest és el primer en el qual a tots els articles es parla de literatura de gènere, a hores d'ara ja conec tant a la Le Guin com el palmell de la meva mà, tot i que sempre t'acaba sorprenent i ensenyant alguna cosa nova.
reader_cheryl's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a collection of talks and essays Ursula K. LeGuin. Even if you're not a writer of fantasy or science fiction--which I'm not--this is a good how-to book for learning how to incorporate fantastical elements into a story in such a way the reader is willing to go along with the writer.
One of the best quotes from the book covers writing of all types: "You head for Perfection and you may very well get trash. But you head toward trash, and by gum, you always get it." (page 225)
One of the best quotes from the book covers writing of all types: "You head for Perfection and you may very well get trash. But you head toward trash, and by gum, you always get it." (page 225)
m4tr1m0ny's review against another edition
4.0
Loved reading these essays all published in the 70s about the SF/fantasy scene back then. I feel like I've seen another side to the history of SF
xxoorbweaverxx's review against another edition
4.0
very inspiring and funny i cant wait to read more le guin
dashtaisen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
rosof5's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
C'est un très bon livre où on apprend comment Ursula K Le Guin voit l'écriture d'un roman, et plus précisément des romans de SF et fantaisie. J'ai beaucoup appris et ça m'a fait réfléchir pour la suite.
novella42's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Fascinating, passionate, and engaging. I love her humor, her stubborn streak, her hint of pettiness, and above all her belief in the capacity of writers to really, truly, create art. There are many quotable moments here, and many thoughts to ponder. The self-censorship of capitalism is going to stay with me. I'm not sure anyone else on the planet could have convinced me to try Yevegeny Zamyatin, but here I am, adding We to my library hold list on the strength of her admiration for him.
I find myself inspired as a writer, slightly disappointed as a feminist — though grateful to her and other second wave feminists for their groundbreaking work, her 1975/1989 visions of gender were very much a white, middle-class, able-bodied feminism.
I still admire her and plan to quote her. I took so many photos of the pages I practically scanned half the book.
But I'd be lying if I said her cavalier use of "ghetto" (does this count as antisemitism? racist? I cringe but cannot articulate why at the moment) and multiple uses of the word "cripple" as a devastating and shaming insult didn't break my heart a little. Took the wind right out of my sails, to go from imagining sitting by her side at the Clarion workshops she describes with such wit and hilarity, to imagine the way she might look right through me as a cripple in a wheelchair. I think my own lived experience and insight as a disabled person gives me a unique perspective on her ruminations on escapism. And honestly? I think she's wrong in some ways and right in others. If I have energy maybe I'll come back and argue for the human nervous system's very reasonable evolved strategy to dissociate beyond suffering and trauma. But that's an essay for another day.
It makes me want to read some of her later essays to see if she'd grown any, from those earlier views. She seems a person who thought deeply and seriously about ethics.
It's good to see she wasn't the perfect role model I believed she was, when I taped a photo of her above my computer as a teenager. Maybe that means there's hope for all the rest of us humans, too.
I find myself inspired as a writer, slightly disappointed as a feminist — though grateful to her and other second wave feminists for their groundbreaking work, her 1975/1989 visions of gender were very much a white, middle-class, able-bodied feminism.
I still admire her and plan to quote her. I took so many photos of the pages I practically scanned half the book.
But I'd be lying if I said her cavalier use of "ghetto" (does this count as antisemitism? racist? I cringe but cannot articulate why at the moment) and multiple uses of the word "cripple" as a devastating and shaming insult didn't break my heart a little. Took the wind right out of my sails, to go from imagining sitting by her side at the Clarion workshops she describes with such wit and hilarity, to imagine the way she might look right through me as a cripple in a wheelchair. I think my own lived experience and insight as a disabled person gives me a unique perspective on her ruminations on escapism. And honestly? I think she's wrong in some ways and right in others. If I have energy maybe I'll come back and argue for the human nervous system's very reasonable evolved strategy to dissociate beyond suffering and trauma. But that's an essay for another day.
It makes me want to read some of her later essays to see if she'd grown any, from those earlier views. She seems a person who thought deeply and seriously about ethics.
It's good to see she wasn't the perfect role model I believed she was, when I taped a photo of her above my computer as a teenager. Maybe that means there's hope for all the rest of us humans, too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Antisemitism