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Another local book club read. I haven't read any Ursula K. Le Guin since A Wizard of Earthsea when I was a teenager, and this book has sat on my shelf unread for about that long. Even though I enjoyed Earthsea, for some reason Le Guin has intimidated me a bit.
— Nov 24, 2017 10:51PM
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David Holmes
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Genly really dislikes Estraven. Since Genly is the main POV character, am I supposed to dislike Estraven too? Even from the beginning, I've liked Estraven more than Genly.
— Dec 10, 2017 09:48PM
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It's interesting to me how most modern sci-fi takes for granted near-total equality of men and women, but in this book from 1969, Le Guin treats different roles and freedoms as a biological inevitability. Even in a super-advanced far-future society. In this chapter she's suggesting that the only society in which people are truly equal is one without sex. I wonder if she would write such a thing today.
— Dec 10, 2017 06:37PM