Out today: the 50th anniversary edition of The Dispossessed, with foreword by Karen Joy Fowler!
This edition is available in hardcover and paperback from Harper Perennial. Cover art by Muhammad Fatchurofi.
This edition is available in hardcover and paperback from Harper Perennial. Cover art by Muhammad Fatchurofi.
November 19, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Out today: the 50th anniversary edition of The Dispossessed, with foreword by Karen Joy Fowler!
This edition is available in hardcover and paperback from Harper Perennial. Cover art by Muhammad Fatchurofi.
This edition is available in hardcover and paperback from Harper Perennial. Cover art by Muhammad Fatchurofi.
This is barbaric. Does anyone see a pattern emerging for the way America treats the poor, needy, dispossessed, and ill?
In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is barbaric. Does anyone see a pattern emerging for the way America treats the poor, needy, dispossessed, and ill?
The Dispossessed was first published in 1974 by Harper & Row.
July 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Dispossessed was first published in 1974 by Harper & Row.
pulisic's 2026 world cup stats
shots: 4
goals: 0
dispossessed: 2.73 per 90
commercials: 4
shots: 4
goals: 0
dispossessed: 2.73 per 90
commercials: 4
July 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
pulisic's 2026 world cup stats
shots: 4
goals: 0
dispossessed: 2.73 per 90
commercials: 4
shots: 4
goals: 0
dispossessed: 2.73 per 90
commercials: 4
Because he was representing the angry, aggrieved, and dispossessed, or some damn thing
Collins: I have exclusive new reporting about who will be representing him when he gets here.. I can report that Luigi Mangione has retained a high powered New York defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, to represent him
December 14, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Because he was representing the angry, aggrieved, and dispossessed, or some damn thing
Happy Earth Day! Some fan art for Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed”, easily my favorite read so far this year
April 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Happy Earth Day! Some fan art for Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed”, easily my favorite read so far this year
The Dispossessed by LeGuin.
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Dispossessed by LeGuin.
At Scientific American, Alan Scherstuhl calls The Dispossessed—which will be released in a 50th anniversary edition next month—"inexhaustibly rich and wise."
Book Review: Fifty years later, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novel about Utopian Anarchists Is as Relevant as Ever
In The Dispossessed, a physicist is caught between societies
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October 16, 2024 at 10:24 PM
At Scientific American, Alan Scherstuhl calls The Dispossessed—which will be released in a 50th anniversary edition next month—"inexhaustibly rich and wise."
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
The Three Towers of Phase 1 of Sen̓áḵw nearing completion! senakw.com
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
Rereading The Dispossessed today, and o forgot how beautiful it is, and how deeply relevant.
December 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Rereading The Dispossessed today, and o forgot how beautiful it is, and how deeply relevant.
Left Hand of Darkness; The Dispossessed - both by Ursula LeGuin
May 25, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Left Hand of Darkness; The Dispossessed - both by Ursula LeGuin
The Dispossessed (1974)
older i get the more obvious it is that even a modest sliver of power over another person completely shreds the human soul. not sure what's to be done about that "haha" 👍
March 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The Dispossessed (1974)
“Eisenhower recognized that economically dispossessed people were natural targets for political and religious extremists.”
And here we are…
And here we are…
March 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
“Eisenhower recognized that economically dispossessed people were natural targets for political and religious extremists.”
And here we are…
And here we are…
Le Guin's "The Dispossessed"
July 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Le Guin's "The Dispossessed"
I also really like Sabul in THE DISPOSSESSED, because he's a rare example of showing what a bad person looks like in a good society.
September 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I also really like Sabul in THE DISPOSSESSED, because he's a rare example of showing what a bad person looks like in a good society.
honestly you should all read the dispossessed
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
honestly you should all read the dispossessed
“Yet”
By the way, this kid was an Ivy League graduate who came from a fantastically wealthy family. He wasn’t exactly the dispossessed.
By the way, this kid was an Ivy League graduate who came from a fantastically wealthy family. He wasn’t exactly the dispossessed.
There is no rationalization for murder. Yet, violence is the consequence of erosion of morality already at work in our society. The inability to prosecute the powerful only opens the door for the weak to also break the law. What will we do if Trump murders someone on 5th Ave? Now he has immunity.
December 10, 2024 at 9:24 AM
“Yet”
By the way, this kid was an Ivy League graduate who came from a fantastically wealthy family. He wasn’t exactly the dispossessed.
By the way, this kid was an Ivy League graduate who came from a fantastically wealthy family. He wasn’t exactly the dispossessed.
My latest on Substack: on the dispossessed, the disappeared, and also the incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
The Daily Reid: if everyone isn't safe and free...
then none of us is free.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My latest on Substack: on the dispossessed, the disappeared, and also the incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
Horden, former mining village, County Durham, photo by Mary Turner from her series Dispossessed.
September 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Horden, former mining village, County Durham, photo by Mary Turner from her series Dispossessed.
Perhaps you'd like to take a tour through the varied covers of The Dispossessed?
The (Many) Covers of The Dispossessed
A book designer guides us through the design,history of Le Guin's masterpiece
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March 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Perhaps you'd like to take a tour through the varied covers of The Dispossessed?
heroes with conviction always center the suffering of the dispossessed
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
heroes with conviction always center the suffering of the dispossessed
older stuff: i truly wish more people read The Dispossessed
recent: the body scout
recent: the body scout
What’s your favorite sci fi book you wish more people had heard of?
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
older stuff: i truly wish more people read The Dispossessed
recent: the body scout
recent: the body scout
The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.
May 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.
