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November 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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No Wolfe or LeGuin is objectively hilarious to me.
The list seems to be mostly about what movies were released recently.
The list seems to be mostly about what movies were released recently.
November 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
No Wolfe or LeGuin is objectively hilarious to me.
The list seems to be mostly about what movies were released recently.
The list seems to be mostly about what movies were released recently.
I know with only 10 entries it's hard to have picks that everyone would be happy with... That said, not having anything by PKD, Lem, LeGuin or Banks there hurts
November 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I know with only 10 entries it's hard to have picks that everyone would be happy with... That said, not having anything by PKD, Lem, LeGuin or Banks there hurts
To mangle a quote from Leguin
you've got your liberals, gentlemen. What are you going to do with them?
you've got your liberals, gentlemen. What are you going to do with them?
November 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
To mangle a quote from Leguin
you've got your liberals, gentlemen. What are you going to do with them?
you've got your liberals, gentlemen. What are you going to do with them?
At least not profitably. Best case scenario, you die a hero like LeGuin
November 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM
At least not profitably. Best case scenario, you die a hero like LeGuin
pretty sure LeGuin was talking about my dad when she said "we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid."
November 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
pretty sure LeGuin was talking about my dad when she said "we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid."
the ghost of ursula k leguin
November 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
the ghost of ursula k leguin
That LeGuin quote is exceptionally pretty.
November 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
That LeGuin quote is exceptionally pretty.
the worlds of Francois Schuiten, particularly in works like Zara and Nogegon. LeGuin also has some fun worlds---i believe one story was about a small, caterpillar like alien that died trying to communicate with its human researchers through the assumed-universal language of maze navigation
November 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
the worlds of Francois Schuiten, particularly in works like Zara and Nogegon. LeGuin also has some fun worlds---i believe one story was about a small, caterpillar like alien that died trying to communicate with its human researchers through the assumed-universal language of maze navigation
tia ursula lá dizia
November 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
tia ursula lá dizia
@grayfaceghost.northsky.social Tehanu by LeGuin
November 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
@grayfaceghost.northsky.social Tehanu by LeGuin
even Ursula K LeGuin could not imagine a world without such malevolent forces as "the senior author on your paper"
November 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
even Ursula K LeGuin could not imagine a world without such malevolent forces as "the senior author on your paper"
The Farthest Shore by LeGuin? I don't remember if it has dragons but other books in the series do.
November 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The Farthest Shore by LeGuin? I don't remember if it has dragons but other books in the series do.
I know of Ursula. K. LeGuin through her reputation.
She’d destroy JK Rowling effortlessly. And that’s even still the case despite her being deceased.
She’d destroy JK Rowling effortlessly. And that’s even still the case despite her being deceased.
November 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I know of Ursula. K. LeGuin through her reputation.
She’d destroy JK Rowling effortlessly. And that’s even still the case despite her being deceased.
She’d destroy JK Rowling effortlessly. And that’s even still the case despite her being deceased.
No Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, Margaret Atwood, Jeff Vandermeer, Cixin Liu, N.K Jemison? List lacks something.
November 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
No Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, Margaret Atwood, Jeff Vandermeer, Cixin Liu, N.K Jemison? List lacks something.
This is LeGuin, too, right as usual. Every utopia contains a dystopia, every dystopia contains a utopia. Though I like Elizabeth Bear's (and Darren Anderson's) construction better: Every dystopia is someone's utopia, and vice versa.
I wrote at some point back on the other site that the people living in the Capital and enjoying a spectator sport in the Hunger Games didn't think they were in a dystopia, and lots of people see that as success rather than both evil and failure
Sometimes people basically "understand" Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or whatever but they choose to favor the bad guys anyway, because they have bad values and the bad guys embody those things. It's not always a problem of literacy! In fact it's arguably a type of very successful reading!
November 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This is LeGuin, too, right as usual. Every utopia contains a dystopia, every dystopia contains a utopia. Though I like Elizabeth Bear's (and Darren Anderson's) construction better: Every dystopia is someone's utopia, and vice versa.
This sounds like the founding of a civ in a LeGuin novel.
November 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This sounds like the founding of a civ in a LeGuin novel.
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November 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Ursula Leguin would approve.
November 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Ursula Leguin would approve.
Oh, I used to have so many LeGuin books.
November 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Oh, I used to have so many LeGuin books.
Pratchett, LeGuin y Sanderson diría que son mí trio favorito del género (si excluimos a Tolkien). Howard es medio repetitivo de a ratos pero es fundacional y cuando es bueno es muy bueno. Jin Yong no puede quedar afuera, wuxia es fantasía al final del día.
November 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Pratchett, LeGuin y Sanderson diría que son mí trio favorito del género (si excluimos a Tolkien). Howard es medio repetitivo de a ratos pero es fundacional y cuando es bueno es muy bueno. Jin Yong no puede quedar afuera, wuxia es fantasía al final del día.
Sometimes the out of touch stuff works out. I raised my daughter on Star Trek (original), Philip K Dick, Ursula LeGuin, Ween, Thrill Kill Kult, Leonard Cohen and Godzilla.
Her peers wouldn’t touch 90% of that crap with a 20’ pole, but there’s a whole new generation of Ween girlies out there now.
Her peers wouldn’t touch 90% of that crap with a 20’ pole, but there’s a whole new generation of Ween girlies out there now.
November 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Sometimes the out of touch stuff works out. I raised my daughter on Star Trek (original), Philip K Dick, Ursula LeGuin, Ween, Thrill Kill Kult, Leonard Cohen and Godzilla.
Her peers wouldn’t touch 90% of that crap with a 20’ pole, but there’s a whole new generation of Ween girlies out there now.
Her peers wouldn’t touch 90% of that crap with a 20’ pole, but there’s a whole new generation of Ween girlies out there now.
And on this, I took a Political Science Fiction class in college where we looked at speculative fiction through the lens of political science.
We read LeGuin, Herbert, Heineken, and Atwood.
We read LeGuin, Herbert, Heineken, and Atwood.
To be honest, that’s me with most Kubrick films.
Incredible films.
Some of which I can only watch once.
Clockwork Orange is a movie I’d have DNF’d if I didn’t have to watch it for a class.
Incredible films.
Some of which I can only watch once.
Clockwork Orange is a movie I’d have DNF’d if I didn’t have to watch it for a class.
November 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
And on this, I took a Political Science Fiction class in college where we looked at speculative fiction through the lens of political science.
We read LeGuin, Herbert, Heineken, and Atwood.
We read LeGuin, Herbert, Heineken, and Atwood.