Powers by Ursula Le Guin

[altariel]

I am so pleased that Powers, the third book in Le Guin's trilogy Annals of the Western Shore has won a sixth Nebula for her. It is the most remarkable book about the quest for freedom, identity, self-knowledge. Reading it felt like being given a gift of wisdom and craft. The other books are splendid, but Powers is something special.

Comments

[mrazalais.livejournal.com]

I have some catching up to do.

I thought Gifts was classic Le Guin, but hadn't realised that there were more!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I liked Voices more than Gifts: I think they build steadily. Enjoy!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I nearly didn't get into Gifts - there was something so bleak and sparse and strange about it - but I was glad I'd persevered. RG and I will have to catch up before the trilogy turns into a tetralogy turns into a...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think this trilogy is definitely finished - but then I would have said the same about Earthsea!