#the dispossessed

[freedom-in-truth]

"Palestine never existed--"

It did, though.

Even basic Hollywood films did accurate world maps with Palestine.

From the river to the sea

Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

#freepalastine🇵🇸 #palestine #colonization #ethnic cleansing #displacement #the dispossessed #free palestine #free gaza

[brechtian]

ursula k le guin said sci fi/fantasy does not have to be about giant wars or battles of good and evil or galactic disaster; it is best served as a lens through which to examine what is actually intrinsic to the human condition and what, once removed a few layers from our own perceptions & assumptions, begins to fall apart. and she was correct.

#ursula k le guin #the dispossessed #the left hand of darkness #all her books feel like such a clear message to all of speculative fiction and that message is: YOU ARE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS

[derangedrhythms]

—I suppose it was lust / But it was holy and awful.

John Berryman, The Dispossessed: The Nervous Songs; from ‘Young Woman’s Song’

#john berryman #the dispossessed #the nervous songs #young woman's song #poetry #excerpts #u

[alicearmageddon]

"For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think."

-Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossesed

#anarchism #writing #quotes #ursula k le guin #the dispossessed

[quotespile]

It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

#literature #quotes #Ursula K. Le Guin #The Dispossessed #quote #books #lit

[whywalkwhenyoucanride]

more like ursula slay le guin

#ursula k. le guin #earthsea #the dispossessed #left hand of darkness

[indescriptequilibrium]

Ursula K. Le Guin — The Dispossessed

#ursula k. le guin #the dispossessed #fuck i didnt realize how much i missed her writing style #i stayed home today (wooo anarchy fuck senseless labor!) n am readin in bed. extremely soothing

[grendelsmilf]

shevek in the dispossessed

#I don’t think ursula le guin knows how physics works but it’s still one of the best sci fi novels of all time #o #100 #the dispossessed

[hwayjino]

different language editions of the dispossessed by ursula k. le guin

#the dispossessed #ursula k. le guin #scifi #book tag #i love old school scifi covers they have this je ne sais quoi

[saintmaryoliver]

— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

#‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ #ursula k le guin #the dispossessed #i saw this on twitter and it just. hits the bullseye #words

[charliejaneanders]

The American Writers Museum did a podcast episode about Ursula K. Le Guin, and I was so honored to be part of it. (Along with her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin.) This was an amazing conversation about a writer who means so much to me.

#books #writing #fantasy #science fiction #earthsea #the left hand of darkness #ursula k. le guin #theo downes-le guin #podcasts #the dispossessed

[pulchrasilva]

Le guin is truly so good at making me uncomfortable with like. Reality and humanity. This is not escapism this is undeniably the real world. She makes you face that fact head on

#ursula le guin #the word for world is forest #the dispossessed #the left hand of darkness

[littlenimart]

just finished up Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. the way she describes the Annaresti is so intriguingly just-slightly-alien and my imagination conjured this slightly muppet- esque image of Shevek early in reading that it refused to let go of.

I’ve read a few books recently that have me compelled to illustrate them a bit- I just finished TP’s The Monstrous Regiment and am of course dying to draw them, and on the Le Guin subject I want to pick back up my sketches from when I read TLHOD back in 2021

#ursula k. le guin #the dispossessed #shevek #illustration #character design #on the subject of the dispossessed holy shit. whenever I read anything by le guin it’s like.. brain exploding meme this woman was a #complete philosophical genius. every fifth page she is dropping wisdom more profound than anything on like ANY SUBJECT #gender. love. ownership. society. pride. loneliness. literally ANYTHING. It makes me insane I need everyone I know to read her

[almost-poetic-assumptions]

"For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think."

― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed 

#ursula le guin #ursula k le guin #words #quotes #spilled ink #the dispossessed #not my writing

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the dispossessed #ursula k. le guin #science fiction #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls #as i understand it this is not a real series right? like one that you have to read in order

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Ursula K. Le Guin #The Dispossessed #quote #lit #books #words