by Ursula K. Le Guin! Accessible sci-fi and pretty engaging for a broad range of readers (if u like world-building more or character driven stories more, either way u can something)
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Mar 10, 2024

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I imagine you’re gonna have a lot of Le Guin on this ask! This is her sci-fi classic. It is a truly brilliant book, and I absolutely adored it, even as someone who tends to prefer grounded sci-fi. It manages to contain such lush writing alongside astute political and anthropological understanding. Some sentences in it literally took my breath away. The world building is astounding, and the use of gender was entirely groundbreaking.
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