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Screaming_Gremlin posted:I own Left Hand of Darkness, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Am I going to want to do so before starting Rocannon's World? Not sure if it really matters at all, or if it is going to feel like I am missing something. They have a loose chronology to them that Le Guin herself disowns. So, as said, you can read them in any order, but I did find the connections really satisfying. City of Illusions especially was such a great follow-up to World of Exile. I finished Left Hand of Darkness a couple of weeks ago and thought it was cool how the book sort of inverts the meaning of its own title partway through when you learn that it's referring to light. It seemed like a way of letting you experience some of the growing hope and understanding that the main character finds in such a bleak place. e: I liked how my brother described Le Guin. "Sometimes you read a whole book and it feels like nothing happened." Fitzy Fitz fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Nov 3, 2023 |
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Bilirubin posted:I'm now into Planet of Exile and its another alien world and like with Rocannon's World it treats the relative passing of time in space as this ever present, wistful, thing. Makes the League really more an idea than an actual thing without Star Trek instantaneous non relativistic travel This is explored in various ways in the other books too. It's one of the best parts of the series.
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