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The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

This story is a unique rewriting of Hamlet. The God of the silent forest and Mother of the Silent and the Raven and his bird rule Raden. Hill is a third God whose physical presence is a stone. The figurehead – the Raven’s Lease only has power and authority from the Raven because he isContinue reading “The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie”

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Le Guin’s writing is beautiful, political and too immense for one genre. She intricately and quietly draws us through her compelling story about the twin worlds of Urras and Anarres. Anarres has split from Urras, is anarchist and the home of physicist, Shevek. He believes his studies on time, called the Principle of Simultaneity, canContinue reading “The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin”