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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i could say something eloquent but instead: shevek you are the male scifi protagonist of all time i love you.
The Dispossessed follows a physicist named Shevek who is attempting to develop a General Temporal Theory. He lives on the anarcho-communist planet of Anarres. The narrative follows him through his journey to discover this Theory on Anarres and the planet the Anarresti forebears escaped from, Urras. Yes, it is about the search for and consequences of the Theory, but it's also an exploration of different types of government, and a treatise on human nature, and a beautiful narrative about a beautiful person who goes against multiple societies in the quest for truth, beauty, peace, freedom, and love. It's about the drive for human connection and the desire to end suffering.
I loved The Dispossessed for so many reasons. It's hard to quantify. I love her writing style. It is at once philosophical and accessible. Her characters do so much thinking and assessing, which helps you understand them and their world(s) better. Reading her books is like stepping into someone else's mind, and in that mind is a whole universe--at once immeasurably vast and deeply personal. I think this is due, in part, to the carrier bag theory of fiction Le Guin pursues in her writing. I'm attaching the article to this email.
I will say, I don't usually read science fiction. But Le Guin makes me want to.
I loved The Dispossessed for so many reasons. It's hard to quantify. I love her writing style. It is at once philosophical and accessible. Her characters do so much thinking and assessing, which helps you understand them and their world(s) better. Reading her books is like stepping into someone else's mind, and in that mind is a whole universe--at once immeasurably vast and deeply personal. I think this is due, in part, to the carrier bag theory of fiction Le Guin pursues in her writing. I'm attaching the article to this email.
I will say, I don't usually read science fiction. But Le Guin makes me want to.
An absolutely incredible book. Although done in a very classic sci-fi mode (utopian/dystopian human societies on planets in different solar systems), LeGuin's masterpiece explicitly and actively delves into an incredible range of philosophies and concepts throughout the book in a way that sets it apart from most other sci-fi. The author artfully explores anarchism, capitalism, Soviet-style communism, quantum physics, relativity, varying concepts of time, family relations, international (almost interspecies) diplomacy, and on and on in a gripping and beautiful narrative that easily transcends its topicality to the real-world 1970s that it was written in/for. Fun, clever, intelligent, and resounding, I deeply regret having continually put off reading this book since my dad first suggested it years ago.
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Starts with a rocket launch and ends with a rocket landing. But it's not really about the beginning or the end, its about the journey and the means by which the characters change and grow. Revolution is an impermanent state that needs progress and change. It should never seek an end where it will stagnate.
challenging
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated