Compelling, emergent world-building is hard. Science fiction classics sometimes have interesting ideas but are uninteresting as literary journeys. Ursula Le Guin's 1969 novel nails it, however.
Risks and rewards of reading sci-fi classics…
Compelling, emergent world-building is hard. Science fiction classics sometimes have interesting ideas but are uninteresting as literary journeys. Ursula Le Guin's 1969 novel nails it, however.