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What are you reading this week? [7/02/23] (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by McBinary@kbin.social to c/books@kbin.social

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What book is currently on your nightstand?
Who is the author?
What genre?
How do you like it?
Would you recommend it to others?

Probably lots of bleed-over from the last week since it was posted so late, but...

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[–] Prefix4578@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About to finish The word for world is forest, by Ursula K. LeGuin

It's sci-fi, about the clash between Earth colonizers on a world covered by a forest and the people already living there.

Beautifully written and super short. She's able to show a lot in basically 100 pages
So I cannot recommend it enough! She's just so good at depicting other societies and putting and anthropological point of view

Check The left hand of darkness too if this caught your interest

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Prefix4578

About to finish The word for world is forest, by Ursula K. LeGuin.

Sounds interesting. Is this a standalone or the first in a series? Or, should I read any of her other books before this one?

[–] Prefix4578@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They are part of cycle but they are independent stories