Powers by Ursula Le Guin
Apr. 29th, 2009 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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.
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Date: 2009-04-29 09:47 am (UTC)I thought Gifts was classic Le Guin, but hadn't realised that there were more!
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Date: 2009-04-29 03:08 pm (UTC)PS: love the icon!
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Date: 2009-04-29 03:11 pm (UTC)*chucks weekend plans*
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Date: 2009-04-29 05:24 pm (UTC)So many books, so little time to re-read. I will definitely track down Lavinia soon.
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Date: 2009-04-29 10:13 pm (UTC)And I just noticed with interest that one of the reviews quoted on Le Guin's Web site suggests "The series is also concerned with power — or rather, the giving up of power" - that's such a Le Guin theme...
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