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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com)
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Latest podcast episode is up in which we repeatedly fail to wrap our tongues around the various place, people and concept names in one of the most ground breaking Sci Fi novels ever written. Sorry Ursula.

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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mildly disagree, as in: the gender roles were a hot topic of discussion in the Woodstock/‘68 era, and this book is likely influenced by the surrounding climate. At the same time, it hasn’t aged as poorly as other books written on the same topic, so it feels still very contemporary and can be read through the lenses of the more recent transgender debate.