Jonfaith's Reviews > The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?' From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?

Life appears better this morning, but this baggy collection isn't the cause of such. Many of these stories were interesting but all appeared a little glib, even fun when the thematics regarded colonialism or anti-intellectualism. I can understand her light approach but it did give me pause. I also liked her idea of electro-chemical fear being emitted by forest. There's time-travel and a pondering of gender. There's also a rethinking of William James and what it means to say no to power. I thought that last bit would be a bit more resonant than it proved, but again I have had a rough time these last few days.