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Agree with both, but in the case of Le Guin I clearly prefer the Hainish Cycle, with classics as The Left Hand of Darkness, The Disposesed or The Word for World
by sdepablos 6y ago
Agree with both, but in the case of Le Guin I clearly prefer the Hainish Cycle, with classics as The Left Hand of Darkness, The Disposesed or The Word for World is Forest
- 7thaccount 6y agoThe left-hand of darkness was strange, but somehow spiritually uplifting in a way I have trouble expressing.
- klausnrooster 6y agoGoing to buy LHOD now, thank you very much.
- 7thaccount 6y agoNot a problem. The author is a good writer. Not overly verbose or too terse. I had to read two of her short stories in jr high. One was "those who walk away from omelas" and the other was "the power of a name". Those probably aren't the full titles, but should be close enough and should be available online.
- strifey 6y agoI would also _highly_ recommend The Dispossessed from her same universe. I personally preferred it, but both are really great "sci-fi tackles seriously complicated real life topics" reads.
- strifey 6y agoHave you read Lathe of Heaven? I don't love all of the Hainish Cycle books (they're all good, just not peak Le Guin good), but that book I would consider in my top 5 books of all time easily.
- sdepablos 6y agoOh, didn't know about it. Thanks!