Christopher LovegroveAug 4, 2023

Review of #UrsulaKLeGuin's The Eye of the Heron, for #LoveHain (though not officially part of her #HainishCycle.
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A boundless self: #LoveHain

Giambattista Piranesi, Carcere XIV (‘The Gothic Arch’) The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K Le Guin. Starscape Books / Tom Doherty Associates, 2003 (1978). ‘Lev felt the strength of h…

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Christopher LovegroveJul 7, 2023
Review of @ursulaleguin's superb #Hainish novel The Dispossessed, the latest #UKLGsf read for #LoveHain.
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Unbuilding walls: #LoveHain

Mercury in true colour, photographed by Messenger in 2008. The Dispossessed. An ambiguous utopia by Ursula Le Guin. SF Masterworks, Gollancz, 1999 (1974). “To be whole is to be part; true voy…

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Christopher LovegroveJul 4, 2023
Mallika Ramachandran's fine review of #UrsulaKLeGuin's magisterial novel The Dispossessed for #LoveHain. #UKLGsf
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Book Review: The Dispossessed (1974) by Ursula K. Le Guin #LoveHain

A work of science fiction, which, like most such others, uses the device of alternative times, worlds and settings essentially to critique human failings, the state of society, The Dispossessed (19…

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Christopher LovegroveJun 30, 2023
A discussion post for #UrsulaKLeGuin's magnificent 1974 novel #TheDispossessed as part of a #LoveHain #UKLGsf readalong. https://wp.me/s2oNj1-hain6
#Love Hain: The Dispossessed

The far side of the moon (NASA photo) It’s the last Friday of the month and time for another discussion post in our readalong of Ursula Le Guin’s Hainish novels in my wittily entitled #…

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Christopher LovegroveJun 7, 2023
Repost of a review of @ursulaleguin's #Hainish novella The Word for World is Forest, part of the #UKLGsf readalong #LoveHain.
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Paradise lost: #LoveHain

Repost of a review from 2017 The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin.Introduction by Ken MacLeod.SF Masterworks: Gollancz 2014, (1972/6) A novella I’ve had on my shelves for a couple…

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Christopher LovegroveMay 15, 2023
My review of #ursulaleguin's celebrated #Hainish novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) for the #LoveHain readalong.
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A family quarrel: #LoveHain

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Christopher LovegroveJan 26, 2023
Repost of my review of #UrsulaKLeGuin's science fantasy Rocannon's World as part of #LoveHain looking at #UKLGsf's Hainish Cycle of novels and short stories.
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Blue jewel in the darkness: #LoveHain

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Christopher LovegroveJan 26, 2023
Repost of my review of #UrsulaKLeGuin's science fantasy Rocannon's World as part of #LoveHain looking at #UKLGsf's Hainish Cycle of novels and short stories.
https://wp.me/p2oNj1-4Wc
Blue jewel in the darkness: #LoveHain

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Christopher LovegroveDec 18, 2022

Sneak peek: January 2023 will see the projected start of #LoveHain, a readalong of all the #Hainish novels and some short stories by #UrsulaKLeGuin in rough publication order. #UKLGsf

An introductory post on this is scheduled on http://calmgrove.wordpress.com for 2nd January.

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