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Just finished The Dispossessed by le Guin- what an incredible book. There are so many sentences that are so beautiful they moved me to tears. The story is so intelligent yet so human. It’s hard to believe such a philosophical/sociological novel could be this human but The Dispossessed is wholly both. It spoke to me of how our western society is deficient, and how it is beautiful, in a way that nothing has for a long time. It is a terrifying look at the human race; but above all, the book is loving, and I’m very glad we had le Guin to give it to us.

Ursula K. Le Guin on individual revolution: ‘The duty of the individual is to accept no rule, to be the initiator of his own acts, to be responsible. Only if he does so will the society live, and change, and adapt, and survive. We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society formed upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.’ ― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Here is a chapter (or a single story?) from "Kalpa Imperial", one of the most beautiful I've ever read, by Argentinian writer Angélica .
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It was from Spanish by none other than Ursula K. .
https://smallbeerpress.com/free-stuff-to-read/2017/10/20/the-end-of-a-dynasty-or-the-natural-history-of-ferrets/

Felt the urge to read The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas for some reason, so I got in the car and drove to the nearest bookstore, which is sadly 13 miles away. They didn't have that in stock, so I ended up ordering it (and with Gideon the Ninth, which I have heard is good).

Ended up getting The Left Hand of Darkness, which I'm about a third of the way through, and Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions. Hmm, I need to revisit Eidolons from Angry Candy. Seems topical.


Hello everyone, I made an audio recording of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin for a friend.

I've licensed the audio to the public domain, so if you want to listen to it, or remix it, or use it in a thing, go nuts. (Note: the text itself is under copyright, see replies to this post for licensing contact if you have commercial requirements.)

I'm still working on my voice acting and narration, but I think it came out well. (And if you require this voice, please note that I need money and you can hire me to read things for you.)

You can read the story in text at:
https://usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas

Download it from https://www.theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/XysJdENm6enGe9D

Link to the full text of the story is provided in the post.

I've seen the Ursula K LeGuin quote about capitalism going around, but to really appreciate it you have to know the context. The year is 2014. She has been given a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Awards. Neil Gaiman puts it on her neck in front of a crowd of booksellers who bankrolled the event, and it’s time to make a standard “thank you for this award, insert story here, something about diversity, blah blah blah” speech. She starts off doing just that, thanking her friends and fellow authors. Allis well. Then this old lady from Oregon looks her audience of executives dead inthe eye, and says “Developing written material to suit sales strategies in order to maximize corporate profit and advertising revenue is not the same thing as responsible book publishing or authorship* She rails against the reduction of her art to a commodity produced only for …

I've seen the Ursula K LeGuin quote about capitalism going around, but to really appreciate it you have to know the context. The year is 2014. She has been given a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Awards. Neil Gaiman puts it on her neck in front of a crowd of booksellers who bankrolled the event, and it’s time to make a standard “thank you for this award, insert story here, something about diversity, blah blah blah” speech. She starts off doing just that, thanking her friends and fellow authors. Allis well. Then this old lady from Oregon looks her audience of executives dead inthe eye, and says “Developing written material to suit sales strategies in order to maximize corporate profit and advertising revenue is not the same thing as responsible book publishing or authorship* She rails against the reduction of her art to a commodity produced only for profit. She denounces publishers who overcharge libraries for their products and censor writers in favor of something “more profitable®. She specifically denounces Amazon and its business practices, knowing full well that her audience is filled with Amazon employees. And to cap it off, she warns them: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words” “Your empire willfall. And i wil help it along"

commented on The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Earthsea Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Earthsea Cycle) (Hardcover, 2018, Gallery / Saga Press) 5 stars

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea—“…reads like the …

I finished the second book in the saga titled "The Tombs of Atuan". It's great.

It follows the story of Tenar, a girl taken to an old temple in the desert to be the priestess devoted to the "Nameless Ones", ancient gods long forgotten.

She was very lonely there; all her life changed when she met Ged, the first book's protagonist, who was in the underground labyrinth under the temple looking for an ancient relic. This encounter completely changes Tenar's life.

The main topics of the book are freedom, gender, and the power relations emanating between those, reflecting the anarchist views of Ursula.

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