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earthlightning rated The word for world is forest: 5 stars
The word for world is forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet …
earthlightning rated Nimona: 5 stars
Nimona by ND Stevenson
From the Publisher:
A National Book Award Longlist Title
The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on …
earthlightning rated Unlocking the Air: 5 stars
earthlightning rated Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker: 5 stars
Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans (Die, Volume 1)
The Wicked + The Divine writer Kieron Gillen teams up with artist supernova Stephanie Hans (WicDiv, Journey Into Mystery) for …
earthlightning rated The Telling: 5 stars
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been …
earthlightning rated Provenance: 5 stars
Provenance by Ann Leckie
A stand-alone adventure set in the world of Ancillary Justice. Ingray has just one chance to secure the status she …
earthlightning rated Orsinian tales: 5 stars
earthlightning rated The Beginning Place: 5 stars
The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"—a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an …
earthlightning rated Infomocracy: 5 stars
Infomocracy by Malka Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring …
earthlightning rated Powers: 5 stars
Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Annals of the Western Shore, #3)
Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes “remembers” things that …
earthlightning rated Ursula K. Le Guin's the left hand of darkness: 5 stars
Ursula K. Le Guin's the left hand of darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin …
earthlightning rated Searoad: 5 stars
earthlightning rated The Tombs of Atuan: 5 stars
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Tombs of Atuan is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the …
earthlightning rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
The Dispossessed (in later printings titled The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American …