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A Wizard of Earthsea. Folks, Le Guin was a really good author, did anyone know that?
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fez_machine posted:No. Dinner party scenes in every novel are boring nightmares. Have not read one I've enjoyed. Have you read Harrow
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Sep 25, 2023 18:11
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I loved the first half, what about it makes you say it's bad rather than just not to your taste?
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Oct 16, 2023 17:15
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Mammoths at the Gates, the latest in the Singing Hills by Nghi Vo. A story about stories, barely over a hundred pages. I had read the first one, Empress of Salt and Fortune, but not the intervening two, and as promised by someone, that didn't matter, this could stand alone if need be. Quite fun, took no time at all. Still like the nonbinary protagonist.
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Oct 27, 2023 04:20
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Just wrapped up my journey through, of all things, the hunger games trilogy. Mostly because my favorite podcast did a first time reader read through. My main feelings as a parent of young kids: First book was extremely upsetting and gave me literal nightmares Second book was maybe a little less upsetting, but sure got really bleak really fast Third book was full grim awful the whole way through until maybe the last couple chapters, just unrelenting the whole way through Overall, I'm glad I read them, and I'm not going to watch the movies since the viscerality of visual media will just make it all worse. Obviously YA so I didn't analyze the world structure too deeply.
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Dec 29, 2023 22:14
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I just read, in relatively rapid succession The Dispossessed Masterpiece, not that I have to say that for anything in this post, really. This is my first foray into Le Guin other than Wizard of Earthsea, and I'm blown away. The book felt heavy in a way I'm not usually reading, every chapter meaningful, clear even with the jumping around in perspective between the various times of the narrative. Loved it. Made me want to read more Hainish. The Left Hand of Darkness Been on my list for forever, because, well. I think this must have been a recent edition (borrowed ebook) because it had a foreword and a post...word? that talked about gender in very modern terms. Loved it, bittersweet ending, I think in the end it sits a little below The Dispossessed for me. The Lathe of Heaven This one felt personal. I have memory issues, and found Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind one of the scariest pieces of entertainment in existence, literally gave me nightmares. I was on edge for every page, and had to put it down after a couple chapters at a time for most of the book. Glad I read it, hard to rank it in any way given the subject matter. So, uh, hot take, Le Guin was a really good author.
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