retired-librarian.bsky.social
Retired librarian, sometime artist, vegetable gardener, #BannedBookSkyClub instigator
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I feel like TLHoD is revolutionary for today. Whether that's because we have backslid socially since publication or failed to fully explore these concepts over time I'm less sure. Genly explores with a curiosity, compassion, and sometimes ineptitude of discovery that is hard to find right now.
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I think it would be revolutionary NOW. I definitely think back then it was probably shocking for some people to grasp the concept of gender being anything else other than Male/Female.
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I mostly grow my own. The ones I buy I follow food safety guidelines, so I'm good, but thank you.
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What did you think of Tibe's patriotism (or what some might consider patriotism)?
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No, but it may have lots of sugar.
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People keep saying this, but there's nothing in the constitution that supports this course of action. Impeachment is the only option if this was proven. There will be no special election.
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Nonfat Greek yogurt with fruit and nuts is actually just as good and no added sugar. I feel so much better since I cut out sugar.
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That would be hard ...
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You're very welcome!
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Better to start with the cabinet and work up from there.
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This is a rhetorical question.
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Ranganathan's second law of library science: "Every person his or her [or their] book."
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So weird.
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I rarely eat sugar now. If I want something sweet, it's Manuka honey on a biscuit (low fat biscuit, yes they exist).
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No worries.
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Oh my!
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I also think "shifgrethor" has a lot to do with the concept of face/honor. Genly and Estraven start to understand each other a lot better when they both realize that they have different cultural matrices for what is personal honor.
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They might need a beam me up Scotty.
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Good thing I didn't get pulled in.
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I'd argue that one of LeGuin's messages was that no person can truly be objective. We can try to keep an open mind, and consider every option, but it is ironically more honest to admit to how our own emotions and background shape how we perceive our experiences.
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Exactly. And if it were all objective, it might make for a colder story than Gethen/Winter itself.
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I'll eat anything chocolate.
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I like to tell stories and do embellish at times but also keep the core truth. Or I should say Truth.
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I was a shy teen.
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There's a few ways to interpret it. The capital T Truth does have some significance it must otherwise it wouldn't be there. It used to be True that the earth was in the center of the universe, now we "know" it orbits around the sun. The observations of one person I don't think can ever be 100% true
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Starts you off at the end, but also the beginning. Tells you it's a report but also a story. Imagination is needed to understand truth.
Light is the left hand of darkness ...
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It felt more like personal journaling, which was what Estraven's chapters actually were.
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I had similar thoughts. And, was it a way to have the report/journal structure but also add a nonobjective element to the story?
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"I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination."
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I would do coffee and chocolate.
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Roy Orbison? No, I would've remembered that. Love his music.
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I'm looking forward to reading it.
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It made me sad when Tibe fomented unrest, and they seemed to be heading toward all-out war.
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Welcome back!
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I finally broke down and followed you since you've been posting about libraries and librarians, though it kind of feels like bait.