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if you want to write a mediocre story, anyway

agreed otherwise

There have been occasional sprees of tires getting slashed here, so I think I’d take this as a big ole W.

Glad you liked it!

These two are definitely the strongest novels in her Hainish cycle, I think. I also really enjoyed The Word for World is Forest.

The standard recommendation is to dip your toes in her Earthsea novels, and I fully agree with the standard recommendation! They start with Wizard of Earthsea and you can buy collections of them on the cheap (and/or acquire from your local library fairly easily, in my experience).

Other than that, I’d also really recommend The Lathe of Heaven, it’s the one I’ve read most recently and really strongly incorporates her study of Taoism (eventually leading up to her publishing her own translation of the Tao Te Ching 25-ish years after publishing this book).

I’m looking forward to reading Always Coming Home next, when I circle back around to Le Guin. Will be a bit sad to read it, as it’s the last full novel of hers I have left to read, but everything ends eventually I guess.

The Dispossessed is my favorite book from Le Guin, herself one of my favorite authors. I’ll always second that recommendation!