Ursula Le Guin Special!

[@myreadinglife8816]

Excellent primer for le Guin! I need to read more of her work.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Yes, more Le Guin!

[@artie13-o8i]

Thank you so much for introducing me to Ursula Le Guin's work. I love that she takes our tendencies as social creatures and modifies or transforms them in other contexts. We take our traditions and habits too seriously and uncritically and think they are etched in stone somewhere as the commandments were thought of. Congrats to you both.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Very happy to hear you found the video helpful!

[@deegrows7589]

I’ve always wanted to pick up a Le Guin book to read but was indecisive where to begin. Happy to say that now I will start with The Eye of the Heron. Thanks for your suggestions and your insight into this writer. ✨✨

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

So happy that you've found the video helpful!

[@pjreads]

Well done! I've been reading Ursula K Le Guin's books since the 60s and love them all. I highly recommend her poetry, essays, and other non-fiction books as well as her sci-fi and fantasy works.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

She truly was one of a kind! I love her essays as well. And her poetry.

[@JennieJohnston]

Thanks Britta. I started with The Left Hand and loved it, so will be following up with the others you’ve recommended in future.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

That's wonderful, Jennie!

[@julieaulava9567]

I'm so glad you did this excellent, insightful, smart video. It's so helpful! I've wanted to read Le Guin for some time and now I know where to start and the context to consider while reading.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Aww, thank you very much! So happy you liked the video, Julie. ❤️

[@Gagging4Lit]

Will have to try The Eye of the Heron. Thanks for the recommendation and the le Guin introduction!

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

You're welcome! I hope you will enjoy Eye of the Heron.

[@MsTerriB]

Excellent video about LeGuin and her works! I think this will be very helpful for those who have no experience as well as for those who have read at least some of her books/stories. It has been ages since I have read her and this was such a good reminder of her writing.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Thank you so much, my friend!

[@Elizabeth-Reads]

Thanks for this great discussion! I bought a boxed Library of America set, which includes The Hainish Novels and selected stories, I started reading and was enjoying it, but never finished. You’ve encouraged me to keep going!

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Thats wonderful to hear! ❤️

[@GarySwafford-p2f]

I love this so much! I adore Le Guin and I followed her career for decades. Fascinating woman, great writer. Thanks for doing this, Britta. I miss her. (This is Gary, Gare of a 1000 Books, btw.)

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Thank you, Gary! I miss her, too. She was one of a kind!

[@Mex.Libris]

Needed this🎉🙏🏼

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Glad to hear it!

[@AaronReadABook]

My favourite author. Great intro! I have never read Eye of the Heron, I need to get that one still. I started with Left Hand and loved it, but I was already deeply into classic SF so it wasn't as shocking to me, I agree that and Dispossessed should not be the starting point. Tehanu and Left Hand are my favourites. I've just bought Always Coming Home which looks really odd.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Another Le guin-fan, great! ❤️ I have Always Coming Home still to read. My favorite, I think, is Lathe Heaven, but Left Hand as a close second.

[@MsVivi6]

Thanks for making this video Britta, very handy for me as a Le Guin newbie! I've got The Word for World is Forest and The Left Hand of Darkness on my shelves and this has inspired me to get started. Also thanks for the warning about the violence in TWFWIF, I'll go into it knowing what to expect.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

That is great to hear, and I hope you will enjoy Le Guin's books. Happy reading!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thank you for this video, Britta. This was brilliant! I’ve just finished Rocannon’s World last week for Rocket Summer, and that was my first LeGuin. I’m very interested in reading more of her, so this video is very helpful. Well done! Thank you.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

I'm so happy you liked the video! ❤️

[@BookishTexan]

I read Rocanon’s World last month and really liked it. I liked the fact that she didn’t explain tech like the ansebel. Those kinds of explanations bore me. Thanks for this video.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Yeah, she was not into explaining any of the tech stuff and I love her for it.

[@jacquipettitt3389]

Thank you so much for doing this video Britta. I've read Lavinia and the Earthsea trilogy and loved them. I think I really must try to read the rest of her work.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Thats wonderful to hear and I hope you will read more of Le Guin!

[@themusicsnob]

Thanks for this video! I am planning on reading my first LeGuin as an adult and have been trying to figure out where to begin

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

So happy to hear the video was helpful and that you want to try Le Guin!

[@michaelsamerdyke108]

Funny that you mentioned Philip K. Dick, as he was in the same high school graduating class as Le Guin. They never met then, only later when they were both published authors.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

I didn't know that! What a fantastic story, thank you for sharing.

[@deblawrence8341]

I normally don't read from this genre, but you had made Le Guin sound so interesting that I went out last night and purchased "The Eye of the Heron". Does anyone know, is it similar to Butler's "Parable of the Sower"? Thank you as always Britta!

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

It's my pleasure, Deb! As for your question: Heron is more about politics than religion but there are some similarities when it comes to exploring a difficult father-daughter-relationship.

[@susprime7018]

Sounds similar to Changing Planes, which had one similar asexual group on one of the planes of existence which you would switch to different planes of existence at airports.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Yes, that's true Le Guin returned to that particular theme multiple times.