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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
A really great novella, my copy included some really great poems and a truly amazing essay by LeGuin on modesty. Highly recommended
The short story in this was an uncomfortable read but still interesting and engaging. The essays were by far the best, a reminder that I need to reread her books I picked up as a child and get to her essay collections.
The featured story was excellent, with clear connections to her Annals of the Western Shore series, but I think the essays, poems, and interview really shine in this volume.
fast-paced
I read this for "The Wild Girls," though it also includes an essay about modesty by LeGuin and an interview with her. "The Wild Girls," seemed stock to me--a rigid class system in which intermarriage among the three possible types was commanded by law, two kidnapped girls, haunted by the death of an infant at the time they were abducted. Perhaps I've watched too much "Game of Thrones."
Interesting collection of essays, poems and a short story, all of which were very thought-provoking and intelligently written. Le Guin comes across as a lovely woman as well! Gave this 4*'s as I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did.
A great read, not only the Nebula award story that gives the title to this edition but also the article, essay, interview and poems. As for the story, it is what I think of science fiction as literature and art: a story that despite taking place in a non familiar world or setting (that has its own rules and laws) it is still populated with people that live a life which comes with all the happy moments, problems, life and death, and more same as the life we know. A definite pick for me.
I’ve yet to go wrong with Le Guin. She’s consistently interesting, well-written and thought-provoking. So much so i recently backed a kickstarter raising money to make a documentary on the life of the author.
Where i really found myself loving this book were Le Guin’s essays. I absolutely adored Staying Awake While We Read, which addresses they ever-consistent, though somewhat low, number of book sales, and how and why this is seen as bad in a society that is unhealthily obsessed with economic growth. Le Guin make her arguments in witty and rememberable ways; she’s smart and pulls no punches. I really didn’t want that essay to end. Several times i wanted to pull out a pen and underline sentences or mark passages, only remembering at the last minute that the book was borrowed.
There are several unread Le Guin books on my bookshelves, but i can promise they won’t be unread for long. And i plan to hunt down and read the hell out of any other non-fiction essays she’s written–i’m completely and utterly smitten.
A longer review can be read at my book blog: Marvel at Worlds.
Where i really found myself loving this book were Le Guin’s essays. I absolutely adored Staying Awake While We Read, which addresses they ever-consistent, though somewhat low, number of book sales, and how and why this is seen as bad in a society that is unhealthily obsessed with economic growth. Le Guin make her arguments in witty and rememberable ways; she’s smart and pulls no punches. I really didn’t want that essay to end. Several times i wanted to pull out a pen and underline sentences or mark passages, only remembering at the last minute that the book was borrowed.
There are several unread Le Guin books on my bookshelves, but i can promise they won’t be unread for long. And i plan to hunt down and read the hell out of any other non-fiction essays she’s written–i’m completely and utterly smitten.
A longer review can be read at my book blog: Marvel at Worlds.
The story wrecked me a little, though I am not sure how I felt about her essays
An interesting and slightly jumbled collection - short story, poems, essays, and an interview that doesn't flatter the interviewer (though Mrs. LeGuin does just fine). Makes me go "squee!" that she praises my favourite Austen and gives me new things to think about; I should re-read it!