Yay for loving le Guin! she's such a gem. I would say its probably not super important to have understood the technology/science Shevek was sharing & developing there. The Ansible is fundamental to this meteoric progress of the interstellar society of the Hainish books though, so this was almost like a prequel explaining its background, where going to some of the other Hainish Cycle books you might get it better by hearing its impact and how it is in practice.
I read 'Brain on Fire' a couple of years back; it was great but also horrifying. It's hard to accept that it was up to the author's family to insist in getting more opinions until a proper diagnosis was made, and if it had been for some doctors she would've spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric ward. I just finished "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope and it was a lot of fun (set in 1920s DC Black Broadway, with mysterious disappearances and a fantasy heist).
Hi! I found your channel because someone commenting on one of my videos said that we'd both recommended the same book - Leave Only Footsteps by Conor Knighton, so I came by to check it out! I enjoy sci fi thrillers (like The Martian). I haven't read any Ursula K. LeGuin, though. Bodies Under Siege sounds terrifying. I've enjoyed some of Scott Westerfeld's novels, especially Afterworlds. I've heard good things about Brain on Fire, though I live with a complex chronic illness that is hard to diagnose, so it's a little close to home! I've been so wanting to read Before the Coffee Gets Cold - I love time travel themes - so twisty and thought-provoking. I listened to Richard Wright's memoir, Black Boy. Nice to "meet" you! We seem to have similar reading tastes :)
Le Guin (one of my favorite writers!) is never about the science or tech, it's about people and ideas (sociological/philosophical, not techy ones). There's a lot of SciFi like that - for me, that's the kind I like. I'm less fond of space battles or tech-driven stuff where the characters are often thin. Yeah, The Martian is more the latter kind, and I did find that fun, but I prefer Le Guin. The Earthsea Trilogy is fantasy, not SciFi. You might want to try The Left Hand of Darkness next - I'm actually planning on re-reading that in January; it's been years.
Yay for loving le Guin! she's such a gem. I would say its probably not super important to have understood the technology/science Shevek was sharing & developing there. The Ansible is fundamental to this meteoric progress of the interstellar society of the Hainish books though, so this was almost like a prequel explaining its background, where going to some of the other Hainish Cycle books you might get it better by hearing its impact and how it is in practice.
I read 'Brain on Fire' a couple of years back; it was great but also horrifying. It's hard to accept that it was up to the author's family to insist in getting more opinions until a proper diagnosis was made, and if it had been for some doctors she would've spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric ward. I just finished "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope and it was a lot of fun (set in 1920s DC Black Broadway, with mysterious disappearances and a fantasy heist).
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Bodies Under Siege sounds like a book I couldn't handle - thank you for reading and reviewing it
Native Son is one of my absolute favorite books. Hope you enjoy!
Hi! I found your channel because someone commenting on one of my videos said that we'd both recommended the same book - Leave Only Footsteps by Conor Knighton, so I came by to check it out! I enjoy sci fi thrillers (like The Martian). I haven't read any Ursula K. LeGuin, though. Bodies Under Siege sounds terrifying. I've enjoyed some of Scott Westerfeld's novels, especially Afterworlds. I've heard good things about Brain on Fire, though I live with a complex chronic illness that is hard to diagnose, so it's a little close to home! I've been so wanting to read Before the Coffee Gets Cold - I love time travel themes - so twisty and thought-provoking. I listened to Richard Wright's memoir, Black Boy. Nice to "meet" you! We seem to have similar reading tastes :)
Le Guin (one of my favorite writers!) is never about the science or tech, it's about people and ideas (sociological/philosophical, not techy ones). There's a lot of SciFi like that - for me, that's the kind I like. I'm less fond of space battles or tech-driven stuff where the characters are often thin. Yeah, The Martian is more the latter kind, and I did find that fun, but I prefer Le Guin.
The Earthsea Trilogy is fantasy, not SciFi. You might want to try The Left Hand of Darkness next - I'm actually planning on re-reading that in January; it's been years.
My book club read Bodies Under Seige a week after the election...definitely depressing =/ Brain on Fire sounds great--adding to my tbr!