stermy4u@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's one book everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?message-squaremessage-square203linkfedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down13
arrow-up1222arrow-down1message-squareWhat's one book everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?stermy4u@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square203linkfedilink
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoThe Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. Few other sci-fi books do as good a job of depicting how a gift/library economy could work like in practice. It’s quite a hopeful vision of where we can collectively go in the future.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIt also shows a realistic version of utopian hope. An eternal struggle for better
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThat reminds me that I really need to put more le guin into my book pile
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.
Few other sci-fi books do as good a job of depicting how a gift/library economy could work like in practice. It’s quite a hopeful vision of where we can collectively go in the future.
It also shows a realistic version of utopian hope. An eternal struggle for better
That reminds me that I really need to put more le guin into my book pile