The Dispossessed (Hainish Series)

A little dated, but a good read

Interesting story, although dated. It's interesting how LeGuin forecasts social advances, but not technological ones. This is a real contrast to most other older scifi, where the tech has advanced but women still wear garter belts.

Fantastic

Fantastic book, Le Guin is the master of soft Science fiction. the worlds really come alive.

Way below her standard. Never fouind the plot.

Maybe next time.

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Best Sci-Fi book I read

I was lucky to start reading Ursula K. L'Guin with this book. Then I read all the others, but this one has always remained special. I read probably 30 SF books and I think this one was the easiest to read, most understandable, most humanist and the one that thaught and reminded me of what it means to be a scientist and to be socially responsible.

One of the best Sci Fi books of all time

This book shows us more about our world, and the walls we build up that limit and narrow our lives, than any philosophy I have read, without the exception of F. Nietzche. Our assumptions about human nature are deeply questioned, and an incredibly humanitarian option is presented to us (one which has been swallowed by the defeat of 'communism'). To her credit, Le Guin does not present either side in this 'debate' in a narrow way, and questions all sides deeply. She gives a view of a utopia that is the most plausible and likely of any I have encountered (largely due to its imperfection). It is a utopia where what we gain is much more important than what we lose, yet the gains are imperiled as the tendency to institutionalize manifests itself within the society. The Marxist idea of a need for constant revolution is made real, so that, after reading this book, we will perhaps be able to make real in our world (and in ourselves) the state of constant revolt, which is the only answer to the problems of entropy, ennui and bureaucracy which plague our modern civilization. Lets not wind up the way we do in The Dispossessed.

Five Stars

No doubt about it, five stars. A whole new concept and perhaps the best science fiction I ever read.

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