Ursula Le Guin

[Benny Bunter]

I'm having to avoid reading this thread now cos of spoilers, but I finished the trilogy now, good material for while I was in bed with the lurgy for three days. Enjoyed all of them but I think I'll wait a bit before reading Tehanu, don't want to burn out on them.

I liked the claustrophobic atmosphere of the second one, and the farthest shore was a strong return to
the epicness of the first book.

@Corpsey if you haven't already you must read left of darkness, really beautiful story.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Anyone here read any of her poetry? I'm quite intrigued. I like the epigraph from wizard of earthsea, it stands alone nicely as a Confucian thing

Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk’s flight
On the empty sky.

 

[woops]

im sick of children's literature being discussed on a forum i thought respected a certain standard of intellectualism. if you want to discuss earth sea, Susan copper, Tolkien etc take it to a nerd forum. certain standard have to be upheld

 

[woops]

this is the stuff i read when i was seven years old and if I'm not six times wiser than that I'm disgusted

 

[craner]

im sick of children's literature being discussed on a forum i thought respected a certain standard of intellectualism. if you want to discuss earth sea, Susan copper, Tolkien etc take it to a nerd forum. certain standard have to be upheld

I endorse this opinion.

 

[Benny Bunter]

it's another "thick as fuck" thread

 

[Benny Bunter]

Please point us to all the intellectual discussions of high literature you two have had on here recently

 

[WashYourHands]

l'incident de Proust/l'incidente di Proust

 

[Benny Bunter]

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l'incident de Proust/l'incidente di Proust

i know for a fact you've not read Proust! I've spent the last 5 years sitting next to you! every day! for 5 years! you said it's boring as fuck, why would you want to read that dreary old queen reminiscing about his mother for 5000 pages and i agreed with you.

 

[craner]

Sorry Benny

 

[subvert47]

Reading these books has made me much more open to reading fantasy stuff in general. Not sure how much there is on this level, though.

Have you read any N.K. Jemisin?

 

[luka]

woops only reads biographies as a rule but from it's inception dissensus has only ever read
1. childrens books
2. books about elves and wizards
3. books about rocket ships and little green men

mark fisher and simon reynolds are probably to blame. both of them were anti-literature. never read poems or novels.