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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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.