Mastodawn

Member of my (online) #writing group says my world building and style remind him of Ursula K Le Guin. 🥰

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I just finished The Dispossessed and it hit me at a particular moment of my life of transition (and of coming back home), so I ended up writing a longer piece unpacking some of the ideas. I adored the book, it's so rich in ideas, and the writing is just exquisite. I loved her use of metaphors and symbolism, while still feeling very down-to-earth (no pun intended) and readable.

https://sofiabelen.github.io/literature/the-dispossessed/

#TheDispossessed #UrsulaLeGuin #SciFi #BookReview #ScienceFiction

The Dispossessed: Putting Together The Puzzle

He had come to love Urras; but what good was his yearning love? He was not part of it. Nor was he part of the world of his birth.\nSuch a rich work, the reading experience was a rollercoaster of ideas and shifts in perspective. This book has met me at a transition time in my life revolving around the theme of coming home. Like Shevek, I have been on a constant journey seeking home. I feel that everywhere I’ve been, I’ve found pieces of what I would call home. What I mean by this is that different aspects of ‘me’ have felt at home in the different ‘realms’ I’ve inhabited. Each time, I was overjoyed; each time, I thought, I had finally found it. Each time, though, I learned to realize that other parts of me were left without a home.\n

Sofía Belén López Vicens

Boldly.Blue 4d ago

American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present
https://boldly.blue/near-future-dystopia-political-science-fiction-guide/
A guide to the American political dystopia. Enter at your own risk.
#Dystopia #ScienceFiction #RayBradbury #OctaviaButler #PhilipKDick #UrsulaLeGuin #NKJemisin #PoliticalFiction #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Fahrenheit451 #ParableOfTheSower

American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to the American political dystopia — from Fahrenheit 451's burning books to Octavia Butler's eerily prescient 2024, Philip K. Dick's manufactured realities, Ursula Le Guin's anarchist ambiguity, and N.K. Jemisin's enslaved geological workers. Why these five writers share a single tradition, and what that tradition demands of the reader.

David Somerfleck

Jan Apr 8

https://www.tor-online.de/magazin/science-fiction/lieben-was-wir-nicht-verstehen-science-fiction-als-praxis-der-unmoeglichen

#Sciencefiction #ursulaleguin #octaviabutler #feminismus

Lieben, was wir nicht verstehen. Science Fiction als Praxis der unmöglichen Empathie

Der Beitrag untersucht Science Fiction als eine Praxis, die uns in Beziehung mit radikaler Fremdheit bringt. Anhand von Werken wie Le Guins Die linke Hand der Dunkelheit und Butlers Bloodchild zeigt Aiki Mira, wie Science Fiction uns ermöglicht, Liebe und Verbundenheit jenseits eines vollständigen Verstehens zu denken. Eine Fähigkeit, die in Zeiten von KI, Neurodiversität, queeren Identitäten, aussterbenden Arten und ökologischem Kollaps zunehmend notwendig erscheint.

Tor Online

Boldly.Blue Apr 3

Solarpunk: The Genre That Dares to Dream the World Repaired https://boldly.blue/solarpunk-genre-guide/ #Solarpunk #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #ClimateFixtion #Hopepunk #Lunarpunk #BeckyChambersAuthor #KimStanleyRobinson #NnediOkorafor #UrsulaLeGuin #GenreGuide #CyberpunkAlternative

Solarpunk: The Genre That Dares to Dream the World Repaired - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

Solarpunk is the speculative fiction genre that replaced dystopian doom with solar panels, community gardens, and radical hope. A complete introduction to the genre's origins, subgenres, key writers — Becky Chambers, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nnedi Okorafor, Ursula Le Guin — and how it compares to science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and horror.

David Somerfleck

book_dragon Apr 3

From @mariapopova , in honor of the #Artemis2 launch. This old (?) lady would like to volunteer!

"Into the spaceship, Granny."

#UrsulaLeGuin #TheMarginalian

https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/30/ursula-k-le-guin-menopause/

Ursula K. Le Guin on Change, Menopause as Rebirth, and the Civilizational Value of Elders

“Into the space ship, Granny.”

The Marginalian

Ahtynon Apr 3

Une leçon importante pour mon cerveau insatiable. Par la lumineuse Ursula Le Guin.

In Five ways to forgiveness.

#ursulaleguin #VendrediLecture #lifelessons

Boldly.Blue Mar 31

American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present
https://boldly.blue/near-future-dystopia-political-science-fiction-guide/
A guide to the American political dystopia. Enter at your own risk.

#Dystopia #ScienceFiction #RayBradbury #OctaviaButler #PhilipKDick #UrsulaLeGuin #NKJemisin #PoliticalFiction #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Fahrenheit451 #ParableOfTheSower
#dystopianfiction

American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to the American political dystopia — from Fahrenheit 451's burning books to Octavia Butler's eerily prescient 2024, Philip K. Dick's manufactured realities, Ursula Le Guin's anarchist ambiguity, and N.K. Jemisin's enslaved geological workers. Why these five writers share a single tradition, and what that tradition demands of the reader.

David Somerfleck

Boldly.Blue Mar 31

Solarpunk: The Genre That Dares to Dream the World Repaired
https://boldly.blue/solarpunk-genre-guide/
A guide to the Solarpunk genre and how it stacks up against similar genres.
#Solarpunk #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #ClimateFixtion #Hopepunk #Lunarpunk #BeckyChambersAuthor #KimStanleyRobinson #NnediOkorafor #UrsulaLeGuin #GenreGuide #CyberpunkAlternative

Solarpunk: The Genre That Dares to Dream the World Repaired - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

Solarpunk is the speculative fiction genre that replaced dystopian doom with solar panels, community gardens, and radical hope. A complete introduction to the genre's origins, subgenres, key writers — Becky Chambers, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nnedi Okorafor, Ursula Le Guin — and how it compares to science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and horror.

David Somerfleck

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bsmall2 Mar 23

> Ursula K. Le Guin's landmark essay "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction," which proposes that the first human tool was not a weapon, but a container, because gathering was actually more significant a food source than hunting. But, she points out, how the men killed the mammoth makes a more dramatic story than how the women gathered the oats...
#UrsulaLeGuin #CarrierBagTheory #CarrierBagFiction