I'm totally telling you guys, you need to read this book. (I would have changed the title of the other thread and bumped it, but I lost the login for that screen name.)
*Does happy dance*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
This book has been on my list for a little while now, thanks almost entirely to you, Olivet.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Bump the other thread anyway. I missed it.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I wonder what happened to the thread I wrote about this book.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I second a recommendation for this book .
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I have it, waiting to be read. So many books, so little time.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Best Semiprozine: Ansible Edited by David Langford.
Isn't ansible an OSC-invented thing?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
No.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
LeGuin came up with the term actually.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I need to read some more of her science fiction. I've only read one story by her (Lathe of Heaven), but I really liked it.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Her earlier stuff is staggeringly good. There's a degree of misandrony in her more recent stuff that puts me off, but she's definitely one of the greats of the genre.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:misandrony
Is that a real word or did you make it up?
Either way, I know what it means.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I think I have an anthology that has a short story by LeGuin. Does she write better short stories or novels? What's her best novel?
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I think he means the word misandry?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I'm closing in on the end. Definitely enjoying it. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Misandrony and misandry parse to exactly the same thing in my brain.
<-- not fettered by repressive spelling rules
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
It's being sexist against males, right? I have a teacher like that...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Nope. It's hatred of men. It's the opposite of misogyny.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, misandry is the word I was going for. The other is of my own creation, I'm afraid.
In any case, Porter is right--I was describing what I perceive in LeGuin's later stuff as a hatred of men.
Jamie, both her novels and her short stories are excellent. I probably enjoy her short stories more, myself, but I wouldn't necessarily say that they're better; I'm generally partial to short stories.
My favorite collection of hers is The Compass Rose, and my favorite novel...well, that's harder. Left Hand of Darkness is probably her most famous novel, and is quite good. Her Earthsea series is generally highly regarded, and is also very well written. If I absoluetly had to pick a favorite, though, I'd probably go with Lathe of Heaven.*
*note that it's fairly unlikely that I'd give you the same answer to this question twice.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
A pox you all! After finishing HP6, and trying in vain to get into a FREE Nelson Demille novel, I am now off to Barnes and Noble to pick up Jonathan Strange.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
You miight want to wait for the Paperback, which should be out soon. Though it isn't THAT expensive, and it is totally worth it, IMHO.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Why did I think that this book was a LOT older than it is? I hadn't the slightest idea that it came out this year!!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Olivet, a pox on myself. They were out of the hard cover. (I, too, assumed it was older, Narnia). I ordered the paperback. September. So I got The Dragon Queen by Alice Borchardt.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
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