#leguin — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116483532834192001

This post notes out that defending absurd levels of wealth and income inequality with no social safety net is similar to believing “there must always be an Omelas child.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas” by Ursula K. #LeGuin describes a utopian city called #Omelas “whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.”

This idea critiques the moral philosophy of standard #utilitarianism, which allow such situations if happiness outweighs suffering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116483532834192001

This post notes out that defending absurd levels of wealth and income inequality with no social safety net is similar to believing “there must always be an Omelas child.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas” by Ursula K. #LeGuin describes a utopian city called #Omelas “whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.”

This idea critiques the moral philosophy of standard #utilitarianism, which allow such situations if happiness outweighs suffering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116483532834192001

This post notes out that defending absurd levels of wealth and income inequality with no social safety net is similar to believing “there must always be an Omelas child.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas” by Ursula K. #LeGuin describes a utopian city called #Omelas “whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.”

This idea critiques the moral philosophy of standard #utilitarianism, which allow such situations if happiness outweighs suffering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116483532834192001

This post notes out that defending absurd levels of wealth and income inequality with no social safety net is similar to believing “there must always be an Omelas child.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas” by Ursula K. #LeGuin describes a utopian city called #Omelas “whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.”

This idea critiques the moral philosophy of standard #utilitarianism, which allow such situations if happiness outweighs suffering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116483532834192001

This post notes out that defending absurd levels of wealth and income inequality with no social safety net is similar to believing “there must always be an Omelas child.”

“The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas” by Ursula K. #LeGuin describes a utopian city called #Omelas “whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.”

This idea critiques the moral philosophy of standard #utilitarianism, which allow such situations if happiness outweighs suffering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

Le Guin and Zamyatin follow Foucault in my exploration of the parable of the two valleys with Claude, part 8 of 13.

👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/27/comrade-claude-8-le-guin/?utm_source=masto

We explore how speculative fiction often anticipates complex philosophical theories and the prescience of 'We'.

#philosophy #politics #psychology #society #humancondition #blog #podcast #power #freedom #books #parable #speculativefiction #tyranny #ussr #foucault #leguin

Great crowd in Vergennes Vermont last night for "Ego Tourism: How the Tao Made Me (a bit less) Weird." (the Ursula Le Guin version)

Now it's your turn Portland. 3 shows this weekend:

Sat 11am Kenton branch library, 8226 N Denver Avenue

Sat 5pm Beaverton City Library, Cathy Stanton Room

Sun 3pm Kenton branch library.

This is in conjunction with the Ursula K. Le Guin exhibit at the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, through Feb 8th. Fri-Sat-Sun 12-5. Like my shows, it's free.
8371 N. Interstate Ave Portland, OR 97217 - around the corner from the Kenton library.

Sponsored by taoish.org
Thanks to the Le Guin estate for permission to read "Meditation in the Desert" as part of the show.
#portland #PortlandOR #scifi #ukl #leguin #ursulaleguin

A quotation from Le Guin

I feel like I was walking across Nevada, like the pioneers, carrying a lot of stuff I need, but as I go along I have to keep dropping off things. I had a piano once but it got swamped at a crossing of the Platte. I had a good frypan but it got too heavy and I left it in the Rockies. I had a couple ovaries but they wore out around the time we were in the Carson Sink. I had a good memory but pieces of it keep dropping off, have to leave them scattered around in the sage brush, on the sand hills.

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) American writer
Story (1995-11), “Ether, OR,” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction, Vol. 19

More about this quote: wist.info/leguin-ursula-k/8020…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leguin #ursulakleguin #change #growingold #lettinggo #lifespan #lifetime #passageoftime #riddance #aging #memory

The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction, https://theconversation.com/the-maps-of-ursula-k-le-guin-reveal-a-fascinating-insight-into-world-building-in-fantasy-fiction-267561 #SciFi #UKL #UrsulaKLeGuin #LeGuin

Friday - #art opening 6-9pm, Fiber work in response to #UrsulaLeGuin’s Carrier Bag of Fiction (or Art) essay (1986, tldr: human' crucial first tools were not spears, but bags)

@ Nave Gallery, #SomervilleMA (near #Tufts)

https://navegallery.org/wp/carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction/
https://stillmoving.org/resources/the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction
#ScienceFiction #LeGuin #CarrierBag #feminism #BostonArt #Boston #gather #fiber #BostonWeekend 28/x

Toinen Radiodraaman arkiston syyskuun löytö on Ursula LeGuinin 1969 scifi-klassikkoon perustuva viisiosainen kuunnelma Pimeyden vasen käsi, https://areena.yle.fi/podcastit/1-4263681.

Suomennos ja sovitus Kalevi Nyytäjän, ohjaus Ilkka Vanteen ja ensilähetys 1993. Kukin viidestä jaksosta kestää vajaan tunnin, eli leppoisaa immersiota piisaa nykyajan uutis-rytmiin kyllästyneille aika-rikkaille.

#yle #radio #radioDraama #kuunnelma #scifi #leGuin #pimeys #valtakunnat #kamppailu

Nice! Good to see it back in print. Spotted it in my neighborhood bookstore.

#LitCrit #LeGuin #LeGuinUrsulaK
#ScienceFiction #SciFi

Animals have no language. They have their nature. You see? They know the way, they know where to go and how to go, following their nature. But we’re animals with no nature. Eh? Animals with no nature! That’s strange! We’re so strange! We have to talk about how to go and what to do, think about it, study it, learn it. Eh? We’re born to be reasonable, so we’re born ignorant. You see? If nobody teaches us the words, the thoughts, we stay ignorant. If nobody shows a little child, two, three years old, how to look for the way, the signs of the path, the landmarks, then it gets lost on the mountain, doesn’t it? And dies in the night, in the cold.

Here's a one-off Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on N.K. Jemisin's short story, The Ones Who Stay And Fight. A response and homage to Leguin's Those Who Walk Away From Omelas, among other things.

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/nk-jemisin-how-long-until-black-future-month-those-who-stay-and-fight
#Podcast #ScienceFiction #Utopia #Jemisin #Leguin #Ethics

Just finished Lavinia (2008), Ursula Le Guin's last novel. She tells the story of Lavinia, a character from Vergil's Aeneid who is crucial to the plot (she's the woman that Aeneas and Turnus end up fighting over) but about whom we learn almost nothing. Until now. A great and wise book, a fitting final novel for a great and wise author.

It's not absolutely necessary, but you'll probably enjoy the book more after reading the Aeneid. #Vergil #LeGuin #Fiction

Extremely excited that Spouseperson @rblemberg is a Le Guin prize finalist!!

https://electricliterature.com/announcing-the-2023-shortlist-for-the-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction/?fbclid=IwAR2t6FwOtgdnJPa5wpwM8BY7SUFb8It-OrVrogzPsaHcoeOJhGKXNNTtdNw

Doubly so that it is the Birdverse short story collection from Fairwood, I feel like this book has gone a bit underappreciated with RB's other books being out this year, BUT IT IS SO GOOD and I am so happy.

#Fantasy #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #LeGuin #LeGuinPrize #RBLemberg #Birdverse #ShortStories #Bookstodon @bookstodon @shortsff #ShortSFF #Fairwood #Mazeldon #JewishAuthors #TransLit

Just noticed I've got exactly 100 in this playlist of Speculative Fiction Studies video lectures. So far, covering a lot of Leguin, some Tolkien, Dick, and Farmer. Going to be adding more in the coming months
Here's the playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIh7RZ3Mag2EF2c_QsGxlVBD
#SpeculativeFiction #Videos #Resources #Tolkien #Leguin #PhilipDick #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Just noticed I've got exactly 100 in this playlist of Speculative Fiction Studies video lectures. So far, covering a lot of Leguin, some Tolkien, Dick, and Farmer. Going to be adding more in the coming months
Here's the playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIh7RZ3Mag2EF2c_QsGxlVBD
#SpeculativeFiction #Videos #Resources #Tolkien #Leguin #PhilipDick #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Just noticed I've got exactly 100 in this playlist of Speculative Fiction Studies video lectures. So far, covering a lot of Leguin, some Tolkien, Dick, and Farmer. Going to be adding more in the coming months
Here's the playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIh7RZ3Mag2EF2c_QsGxlVBD
#SpeculativeFiction #Videos #Resources #Tolkien #Leguin #PhilipDick #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Just noticed I've got exactly 100 in this playlist of Speculative Fiction Studies video lectures. So far, covering a lot of Leguin, some Tolkien, Dick, and Farmer. Going to be adding more in the coming months
Here's the playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIh7RZ3Mag2EF2c_QsGxlVBD
#SpeculativeFiction #Videos #Resources #Tolkien #Leguin #PhilipDick #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Just noticed I've got exactly 100 in this playlist of Speculative Fiction Studies video lectures. So far, covering a lot of Leguin, some Tolkien, Dick, and Farmer. Going to be adding more in the coming months
Here's the playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIh7RZ3Mag2EF2c_QsGxlVBD
#SpeculativeFiction #Videos #Resources #Tolkien #Leguin #PhilipDick #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

#7books to know me (and that changed me) - hard to keep it to just seven:

1. Pride and Prejudice by #JaneAusten

2. Lord of the Rings by #Tolkien

3. A Pattern Language by #ChristopherAlexander

4. Queens’ Play by #DorothyDunnett

5. Little White Horse by #ElizabethGoudge

6. Always Coming Home by #leGuin

7. Life in the English Country House by #MarkGirouard

#books #authors

#7books to know me (and that changed me) - hard to keep it to just seven:

1. Pride and Prejudice by #JaneAusten

2. Lord of the Rings by #Tolkien

3. A Pattern Language by #ChristopherAlexander

4. Queens’ Play by #DorothyDunnett

5. Little White Horse by #ElizabethGoudge

6. Always Coming Home by #leGuin

7. Life in the English Country House by #MarkGirouard

#books #authors

#7books to know me (and that changed me) - hard to keep it to just seven:

1. Pride and Prejudice by #JaneAusten

2. Lord of the Rings by #Tolkien

3. A Pattern Language by #ChristopherAlexander

4. Queens’ Play by #DorothyDunnett

5. Little White Horse by #ElizabethGoudge

6. Always Coming Home by #leGuin

7. Life in the English Country House by #MarkGirouard

#books #authors

#7books to know me (and that changed me) - hard to keep it to just seven:

1. Pride and Prejudice by #JaneAusten

2. Lord of the Rings by #Tolkien

3. A Pattern Language by #ChristopherAlexander

4. Queens’ Play by #DorothyDunnett

5. Little White Horse by #ElizabethGoudge

6. Always Coming Home by #leGuin

7. Life in the English Country House by #MarkGirouard

#books #authors