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josephplz 's review for:
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
challenging
hopeful
reflective
reread this one (or listened to it for the first time, again) while crocheting tf outttt like i made one and a half lunch totes and still thoroughly enjoyed this story!
anyway, if there’s one, two, three things UKLG is gonna do in a novel, it’s 1) explore the concept of utopia as both an unobtainable farce and as a goal worth striving for; 2) link the cyclical nature of the universe to the human condition of voyage and return (and, especially in this story, dream and waking)(my Taoist queen); and 3) conjure up some dope ass words to express the effect that language and linguistics have on how we think about and perceive reality.
and that’s not even mentioning the cute turtle-aliens! maybe not her most renowned work, but the lathe of heaven certainly holds a special place in my heart.
anyway, if there’s one, two, three things UKLG is gonna do in a novel, it’s 1) explore the concept of utopia as both an unobtainable farce and as a goal worth striving for; 2) link the cyclical nature of the universe to the human condition of voyage and return (and, especially in this story, dream and waking)(my Taoist queen); and 3) conjure up some dope ass words to express the effect that language and linguistics have on how we think about and perceive reality.
and that’s not even mentioning the cute turtle-aliens! maybe not her most renowned work, but the lathe of heaven certainly holds a special place in my heart.