Who is Ursula Le Guin?

[@andreasxanthros5853]

I quite like this type of overview of a single author. It's great for newcomers to science fiction and thoroughly enjoyable for long-time readers as well. Man, I miss Ursula, but I'm sure I will continue to re-read her works for the rest of my days. Take care Darrel!

[@mariatony40]

I read a book from Ursula K. Le Guin but I forgot the title. It turned out to be a book for young adults, but I never forgot about it. I have never been able to find it again. It was about a young man who regularly left his home to go to another land. He had to take a certain path to get there. He was a different person in that land and he had tasks to fulfill. He was important and, as far as I remember, his actions were key in a war starting or not. Later on there was also a young woman, who also went the same path as the young man. They meet at one point. I read it a long long time ago, but it still haunts me, and I would love to read it again. Does anybody know which book I mean?

[@mileswittig8744]

This sounds really interesting, have you found the book yet ?

[@entropy_69]

*The Beginning Place

[@tommheow7129]

Great video, darrel! Hope to see more contents like this.

[@jamesalphonse2125]

Excellent 👍👍👍.Your voice is so mellifluous.

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

Awesome video!

[@KevTheImpaler]

The thought the Left Hand of Darkness was very good. The science was strong. I liked the technology, politics, culture, mythology and religion she invented for the people of Gethin. I think I must have started reading the Wizard of Earthsea when I was at school, but I think I was too young for it. I think I would have been about 11. I remember it seeming weird and strange.

[@david22262]

Very interesting. I will explore her works. Thank you!

[@martinstent5339]

Good synopsis, but I have to disagree with 2 things: 1) The Earthsea works are not rooted in J.R.R.Tolkien’s LOTR. They are rooted in Taoist philosophy and traditional pre-Tolkien mythology. 2) In The Dispossessed, she contrasts non-propertarian anarchism with capitalism. There is mention of a communist state on Urrast, but it doesn’t feature much in the story. I’m always surprised how many reviewers mention communism when they talk about The Dispossessed. There is a world of difference between the two political philosophies.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

I liked Peter Elson cover for her "Word For World is Forest".

[@peterfmodel]

I feel the best books she wrote are The Left Hand of Darkness, The Lathe of Heaven & The Dispossessed. The Lathe of Heaven is her best, which has been converted into a movie twice. Both versions are good and well worth watching. Incidentally in the dispossessed the form of government was not technically communism, it was a type of theoretical socialism which was based on social pressure to force people to work for the good of all. It was only viable on the planet it was being used, which was a very harsh planet with very few people. Incidentally the book alternates chapters between the two main parts of the novel; i have read it both ways, the book order and chronologically. I prefer the chronological order.

[@LarryHasOpinions]

nice vid :-)

[@thebookishbryants]

Was The Lathe of Heaven even mentioned here? One of her greatest works of fiction.

[@owsie1800]

The left hand of darkness !!

[@psikeyhackr6914]

The capitalist society portrayed in The Dispossessed consists solely of stereotypical anecdotes. Voyage from Yesteryear by James P Hogan portrays economic dichotomies with much more detailed and speculative of technological economics. It has a cultural resolution while The Dispossessed does not.

[@egay86292]

"a female point of view"? read up on that.

[@StevieFQ]

Reading the dispossessed was disappointing. As someone who came up in a soviet and ex-soviet country every time I witness someone trying to behave as if communism had any good parts i feel a massive urge to bash their skulls in. Also found the behaviour of the main character in the "capitalist" (though feudal would be more accurate) storyline to be absurd.