Ursula K. Le Guin 1972
- What it is
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Meeting beings from another world · fierce and defiant
- Genre
- Science fiction
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No clean hands here · it stirs you up inside
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Nobody is entirely good · a big story that sweeps you along
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No clean hands here, but in fantasy
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Alien contact and unflinching
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Fierce and defiant, but in historical fiction
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It gets under your skin · a society that controls everything
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It'll scare you · a society that controls everything
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · you'll keep turning it over for days
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No clean hands here · nothing is quite what it seems
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Nothing is quite what it seems · it won't tell you everything at once
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You'll keep turning it over for days · full of big ideas
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In common with yours: alien contact · you'll keep turning it over for days
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Like yours: alien contact · full of big ideas
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Like yours: alien contact · adventure with a touch of madness
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Like yours: alien contact · full of big ideas
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Like yours: war from the inside · full of big ideas
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In common with yours: war from the inside · it stays with you
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Like yours: alien contact · unsettling from the first page
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