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catacalypto.bsky.social • 2 days ago

well I am going to be thinking about this forever.

Reposted from Owl at the Library

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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baldsavant.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shit that's good!

pelcho.bsky.social•2 days ago

All her works are such great pieces. Her legacy makes us better

catacalypto.bsky.social•2 days ago

agree

brandon.insertcredit.com•2 days ago

Pretty cool and smart lady imho

timjung.bsky.social•2 days ago

man this rips. Earthsea author too who I’ve been meaning to read. She allegedly or presumably inspired Rothfuss

falconeerdev.bsky.social•2 days ago

She is the best.

I read "The Word for World Is Forest" around the time I saw the second Avatar movie and the contrast between shitty writing and poetry could not have been clearer.

Powerful as words can be..

mycenaeanatlas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Plato's allegory of the cave?

aegixdrakan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, it's one of those quotes that I really, really like. :P

mataraykween.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s JRR Tolkien though, quoted by Le Guin 💜

catacalypto.bsky.social•2 days ago

no, it’s LeGuin paraphrasing Tolkien: this is very clearly her writing style, and not his.

mataraykween.bsky.social•2 days ago

This exchange makes me happy because we both care haha. I’m not sure anymore. But yes. Cheers to fantasy 🍻

elterin.bsky.social•2 days ago

This page has both of their quotes.

nitemoogle.bsky.social•2 days ago

GOAT

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