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The Telling
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
7 posts | 9 read | 1 reading | 8 to read
The Left Hand of DarknessSutty, an Observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to a new world-a world in the grips of a stern monolithic state, the Corporation. Embracing the sophisticated technology brought by other worlds and desiring to advance even faster into the future, the Akans recently outlawed the past, the old calligraphy, certain words, all ancient beliefs and ways; every citizen must now be a producer-consumer. Their state, not unlike the China of the Cultural Revolution, is one of secular terrorism. Traveling from city to small town, from loudspeakers to bleating cattle, Sutty discovers the remnants of a banned religion, a hidden culture. As she moves deeper into the countryside and the desolate mountains, she learns more about the Telling-the old faith of the Akans-and more about herself. With her intricate creation of an alien world, Ursula K. Le Guin compels us to reflect on our own recent history.
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shanaqui
shanaqui
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
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I'm glad I reread this -- I wasn't ready to appreciate all of it when I read it as a kid. Like so much of Le Guin's writing, it's brimful of quiet strength and dignity. And ah, Yara's solution to what happened to him and what would have to happen. Ah.

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shanaqui
shanaqui
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
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I am barely reading because my sister confiscates everything I start to make me study. The pile is growing. She's very good at catching me...

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DivaDiane
DivaDiane
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
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#ReadingResolutions #Orange @Jess7

Since my unread books are in the front, most of these are on my #MountTBR: Run with the Horsemen, The Shelters of Stone, WLT A Radio Romance, and North and South.

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Well-ReadNeck
Well-ReadNeck
Telling | Ursula K Le Guin
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So sorry to hear that Ursula Le Guin has passed. Here is an example of her brilliance. A response to a request to blurb the first book of a sci-Fi series that was not fit to print. 💪🏽❤️

readordierachel 💙💙💙 7y
charl08 Wow. Go Ursula. 7y
eastbaykate So awesome. 7y
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readordierachel Have you seen this @FreeReadAndWrite ? 7y
FreeReadAndWrite @ReadOrDieRachel I had not. ❤️ 7y
Bette 👍 7y
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Moonpa
Moonpa
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
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I really really really need to stop going to the used library book store. I have an entire bookshelf for my TBR and it is overflowing!

SilversReviews It's hard not to go. :) ENJOY!! 7y
Lcsmcat But you‘re supporting libraries! 7y
AmyG @Lcsmcat You are enabling her. 😜 7y
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Tamra The little voice in my head always says, yea, but they're used. 😁 7y
Moonpa @SilversReviews @Lcsmcat @AmyG @Tamra Well, it‘s a lost cause! My friend who works in the same building as the library, just emailed me that the monthly mammoth book sale was set up - she has an “in” so we can shop early!! Yay Books!! 7y
Lcsmcat 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Lcsmcat I‘m a sucker for a library book sale. 7y
AmyG @Lcsmcat Me too. Our next one is election day and I can't wait. 7y
SilversReviews @AmyG Ours is only once a year. @Lcsmcat @Moonpa - lucky you...have fun at the mammoth book sale. 7y
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kaytaylorrea
kaytaylorrea
The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin
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"The margin between collusion and respect can be narrow," is an incredibly important message right now.

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