#ursulakleguin

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๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: "๐‘ณ๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’ 3: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“'๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’‰" -

Sure, the Omelas dilemma is tough, but at least we have our narrator as ally, right? Right? Perhaps the real horror in Omelas has less to do with the child at its center.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-3-the-readers-labyrinth

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ž. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป -

Le Guin's "ambiguous utopia" promises some fascinating challenges in isolation & communication, capitalism & community, freedom & the State. An under-read work to provoke real discussion on our social and personal goals.

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘ณ๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’• 2: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” -

Is this Omelas story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in? The second of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-2-architectures-of-happiness/

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ž. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป -

Le Guin's style tips and exercises are terrific warm-ups for emerging writers and delivered with a comfortable and fresh voice; for more experienced writers, there is little here not found in other style books.

https://youtu.be/pPbguCgQd6w

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘ณ๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’• 1: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’–๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’ -

At last we settle in to think about Le Guinโ€™s "Omelas" story and set aside some common approaches to it. The first of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-1-the-hideous-bargain/

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’: ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘ผ๐’•๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’” -

Let's niche down to examine the history and function of utopia fiction. including our need for it.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/gardens-of-imagination/

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ: "๐‘น๐’†๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’" ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ซ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’๐’†๐’—๐’”๐’Œ๐’š'๐’” '๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’›๐’๐’—' -

Still another famous writer has posed the Le Guin question, and he did it in one of Russia's most famous novels, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ท. Here it is.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/


I find this fascinating: both Ursula K Le Guin and Octavia E Butler touch the subject of language in their sci-fi novels, and how different types of language (telepathy or sensory languages, for instance) would not allow their characters to lie, as opposed to our human language, that allows us to lie easily and often.

Idk, that's my two cents with less than 4 hours sleep ๐Ÿ˜‹

Finished reading Le Guinโ€™s โ€œThe Tellingโ€ last night. Beautifully and compellingly written, as always.

Probably due to current events, I couldnโ€™t help but read it as a hopeful tale of community resistance against techno-religious fascism, and the importance of shared stories and symbols in that fight.