Staff picks: Ursula K. Le Guin: An Appreciation
(photo: Jack Liu)
This series recommendation comes courtesy of Jane, from North York Central Library.
"I first read Ursula K. Le Guin in the 70s when I was studying anthropology and was very taken by the award winning SciFi novel "The Dispossessed". Ms. Le Guin is famous for her wonderful portrayal of alien and future societies.
"Recently, my father and I were discussing the newly discovered not-so-far-away earth-like planet and he reminded me of the work of Ursula K. Le Guin. He suggested I read her 1966 novel Planet of Exile. Naturally, I checked Overdrive first and what did I find but the handy, dandy e-audio version. It was fascinating so I moved on to City of Illusions, which continues the story. I plan to listen next to Rocannon's World, which is her very first novel in this vein."
Here's a selection of eAudiobooks from Le Guin's celebrated Hainish series:
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Pardon'the cheesy cover art! Le Guin's first novel sees an earthling ethnologist negotiating interstellar battles between alien races. |
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Snow ghouls; winters that last fifteen years; hordes of ravaging barbarians. It's enough to make you never want to leave Earth. |
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Scattered groups of humans evade mind control by the invading Shing. |
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Bonus title: this 1969 novel won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and is probably Le Guin's most popular novel. It's set in the same universe as the three listed above – but is available as an eBook, not an eAudiobook.
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