We were discussing Le Guin
The gentlemen over at Inchoatus have a review of the Earthsea books by Le Guin which captures my sentiment exactly:
Le Guin’s books are almost more poetry than novel. She speaks with the wisdom of a philosopher but the voice of a poet and for that her characters resonate far, far more than all but a very few works by other authors.
They are more complimentary of my books than fair, but one cannot argue against such flattery without being accused of false modesty.
They also have the cleverest and clearest system of book reviews I have seen, where they are grading the work on genre influence, who should read and who should not, and they also contrast their reviews with others’.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
