4 reviewed books
ReviewLaviniaLavinia was awarded the Locus Award as best fantasy novel of the year, and was Le Guin's last full-length work of fiction, a fitting swansong to an illustrious career that began even before her teens, when she submitted a story as an 11-year-old to Astounding Science Fiction→ReviewThe DispossessedLe Guin rewrites political science from the perspective of a hippie commune, circa 1967. She has cleaned the place up, put away the tie-dyed shirts and pot brownies, and moved the setting to outer space. But the summer-of-love ambiance is unmistakable.→ReviewThe Lathe of HeavenTed Gioia on The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin's novel of George Orr, whose dreams alter the world and its past, and the doctor who wants to steer them.→ReviewThe Left Hand of DarknessTed Gioia on The Left Hand of Darkness, the Le Guin novel of Genly Ai's mission to the androgynous people of Gethen, and how she won over literary readers.→