I reietti dell'altro pianeta

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Paperback, 340 pages

Italian language

Published Aug. 16, 2014 by Mondadori.

ISBN:: 978-88-04-64249-7

"C'era un muro... Come ogni altro muro, anch'esso era ambiguo, bifronte. Quel che stava al suo interno e quel che stava al suo esterno dipendevano dal lato da cui lo si osservava." Sui dei fronti del muro, due pianeti gemelli, Urras e Anarres, illuminati da uno stesso sole ma divisi da una barriera ideologica antica di secoli. Urras è fittamente popolato, tecnologicamente avanzato, ricco, florido, retto da un'economia liberista. Da qui sono partiti nella notte dei tempi i seguaci di Odo che hanno colonizzato l'arido Anarres, fondandovi una comunità anarchico-collettivista che non conosce concetti come proprietà, governo, autorità. In questa società apparentemente perfetta nasce Shevek, genio della fisica alle prese con un'innovativa teoria del tempo, un vero "cittadino del cosmo" che dedicherà la vita ad abbattere il muro che separa da sempre i pianeti gemelli. Un'ambigua utopia, come recita il sottotitolo originale del romanzo, "I reietti dell'altro pianeta" è una …

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b bennett reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Holy fuck

5 stars

Wow. What else is there to say? This book was a buffet of ideas ranging from sexism, capitalism, socialism, the military-industrial complex, and politics. I especially enjoyed Le Guin's writing on women, but anarchist and archist, through the eyes of the anarchist main character. For the first few chapters I was amazed at Le Guin's interpretation at an anarchist utopian, and took it as a blueprint for the work we socialists have to do here on Earth. But as the book progressed we learned more about the so-called utopia and it's possible fault -- one of which being politics and the formation of government--and I finished the book with more questions than answers. This was a delightful and nerdy read.

boum reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Review of 'The Dispossessed' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Real good. Still a bit dated as the other books in the Hainish series, but it works.
Probably worth a reread later.

Wolfgang Wopperer reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (SF masterworks)

Brilliant imagination of an anarchist society

5 stars

Le Guin explores why and how an anarchist society can work, undaunted by complexity and in vivid detail. At the same time a reflection on individuality, sense of purpose, and the nature of abstraction. Probably one of the best books I've ever read.

Krousti_sarrasin reviewed Les dépossédés by Ursula K. Le Guin

Anarchist Sci*FI / SF libertaire

5 stars

Le Guin was put the light on the despicable society whom is ours by describing through the eyes of an anarchist.

L'autrice met la lumière sur la méprisable société qui est la notre en décrivant à travers les yeux d'un anarchiste.

Le Guin was put the light on the despicable society whom is ours by describing through the eyes of an anarchist.

L'autrice met la lumière sur la méprisable société qui est la notre en décrivant à travers les yeux d'un anarchiste.

Andy reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Review of 'The Dispossessed' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

3.5/5

Better than last time I tried it. Heavy on world building, light on plot. A vehicle for speculation.

exosferablog reviewed Los desposeídos by Ursula K. Le Guin

Review of 'Los desposeídos' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Una obra que vuelve a usar la ciencia ficción como entrada pero que es un análisis y una reflexión sobre la sociedad, desde la luna Anarres, donde la sociedad se organiza en un modo anarquista/socialissta al planeta Urras, donde tras un conflicto estos últimos fueron expulsados y donde el planeta se organiza en base a oligopolios y un capitalismo salvaje. Como nexo entre ambos mundos el protagonista intenta establecer un diálogo, intentando propiciar el desarrollo de ambas sociedades con la colaboración científica. Un libro que no deja de ser una reflexión y un golpe sobre la mesa sobre la política, la sociedad y el papel de la ciencia y los científicos.

dr4co reviewed The dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

One of the books I want to keep returning to

5 stars

I first read this book 20 years ago in a German translation and liked it a lot, but I didn't get a lot of it. Now, reading the English original and having had more of a political education, at first I was: "Is this book as good as I remember it?", but then, I enjoyed it even more.

I love that it's not an unbroken utopia and the ending leaves some things open. I also liked how it shows how power-laden relationships and positions can inadvertently creep back into a society that's not supposed to have them.

lichen@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

best sci-fi book I have ever read

5 stars

very deep personal relationship with this book

Dan Keck reviewed The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (SF masterworks)

Review of 'The Dispossessed' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It was okay. I like the interesting world that the book creates, and how it portrays good and bad sides of different ideas without being a cheerleader for any of them. On the downside, it seems like not a lot actually happens in the book. A character will say one sentence, and then the book follows with a few paragraphs of backstory and history and inner monologues and political philosophy. I felt a little bored at times.