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Interesting-Emu-6877 t1_j4206s7 wrote

Reply to comment by Darko33 in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Leguin affected me like few books have done by feanor_imc

I'm a big reader .... but never read le Guin..... where to start?

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Darko33 t1_j421nax wrote

You've got a few options!

...if you'd like to check out a novel, The Left Hand of Darkness was my first, and what got me hooked, personally. I followed that with The Lathe of Heaven.

...if you'd like to check out some of her short stories, which are stellar, I'd suggest The Unreal and the Real, a big collection.

...if you'd like to check out an essay of hers you can read in a few minutes, enjoy! https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/IntroducingMyself.html

...and if you liked that essay, two of my favorite collections of hers are No Time to Spare and Words are My Matter.

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Interesting-Emu-6877 t1_j43lhkn wrote

Read the essay.... yup... she's got it. Sent off to three friends as so thought provoking

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Darko33 t1_j43rqkb wrote

So glad you liked. She's a real gem.

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Interesting-Emu-6877 t1_j436xhl wrote

Fantastic. Will start there. I have to trust you ... my brother in law is also a Darko

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Cantstandyuh t1_j427fsf wrote

I listened to The Dispossessed in a single sitting I was so enthralled by it. Cannot recommend that book enough

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qread t1_j4cdgeo wrote

One of my favorites, too.

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