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Tag: Ursula K le Guin

Sex Without Gender

On July 25, 2018 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Science fiction and fantasy1 Comment

Coming of Age in Karhide by Ursula K LeGuin 'Until we come of age we have no gender and no sexuality, our hormones don't give us any trouble at all. And in a city Hearth we never see adults in kemmer. They kiss and go. Where's Maba? In the kemmerhouse, love, now eat your porridge.' …

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The Dispossessed

On March 24, 2017 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Science fiction and fantasy, Space Travel2 Comments

by Ursula Le Guin A Review 'Kimoe stared at him, shocked out of politeness. "But the loss of -- of everything feminine -- of delicacy -- and the loss of masculine self-respect -- You can't pretend, surely, in your work, that women are your equals? In physics, in mathematics, in the intellect? You can't pretend …

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A Valued Opinion

On August 14, 2015 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, race relations, Writing and PublishingLeave a comment

A few days ago, I wrote a short review of Harper Lee's novel Go Set A Watchman. Before reading the book and writing the review, I had made a determined effort not to read what others were saying about it. Having caught some of the press headlines, and noting their negativity, I feared that if …

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Sex and Politics in Winter

On April 28, 2014 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, Science fiction and fantasy, Writing and Publishing3 Comments

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K le Guin Published in 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness is surely one of the best sci-fi novels ever written. I read it first in the seventies and now, about four decades later, it comes across as inventive and fresh as on that first reading. "Consider:" writes …

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