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Leyra'an
Posted 2016-03-01 5:22 PM (#12870 - in reply to #12239)
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Location: USA		Finished a reread of LeGuin's novel The Left Hand of Darkness today. I first read this novel in 1975, while a college freshman, and although I enjoyed the writing style, really didn't know what to make of it. Rereading it now, after many more years of experience with life and books, I'm amazed by the power of the story in this deceptively short book. That it won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1970 surprises me not at all, and now I have a better understand of why it took top honors. Beautifully written, it's a strange sort of love story that expresses itself as such in an indirect way. You'll have to experience it yourself to see what I mean. An explanation from me would be a list of spoilers. This was my first experience with LeGuin's writing, and I was a fan by the time I finished it back then. Rereading the book easily confirms that long-ago impression. Highly recommended.

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