tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post170217653426256241..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: The Wild Girls, by Ursula Le GuinCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-91695480237071313422011-05-24T08:14:01.724-05:002011-05-24T08:14:01.724-05:00Me too, Ian! Ursula Le Guin is my favorite writer...Me too, Ian! Ursula Le Guin is my favorite writer.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-79879887446378770632011-05-24T05:08:44.547-05:002011-05-24T05:08:44.547-05:00I love Ursula LeGuin. She is one of the few scienc...I love Ursula LeGuin. She is one of the few science fiction authors who tackles the big subjects in a thought-provoking way. She also shows a sense of how societies structure themselves which I usually find absent from most science fiction. LeGuin doesn't take our society, especially our corporate-controlled society. for granted. She understands that there are greater things in life than to just be a consumer of goods, and her writing reflects that. While she can definitely be didactic and sometimes a little overly intellectual, she's a writer whose point of view I intrinsically trust.<br /><br />I just recently reread “The Dispossessed”. Again, it's a little didactic, and I think her ideological view of human nature sometimes gets the best of her, but it's a great thought experiment. As science fiction, it makes you think about more than just technology; it makes you think about people.<br /><br />-Ian<br /><br />www.teachthefantastic.blogspot.comIan Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411010411008594212noreply@blogger.com