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@jorgesanz@lectura.social Al igual que fantasía. Estaba en otro nivel
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I finished the second book in the saga titled "The Tombs of Atuan". It's great.
It follows the story of Tenar, a girl taken to an old temple in the desert to be the priestess devoted to the "Nameless Ones", ancient gods long forgotten.
She was very lonely there; all her life changed when she met Ged, the first book's protagonist, who was in the underground labyrinth under the temple looking for an ancient relic. This encounter completely changes Tenar's life.
The main topics of the book are freedom, gender, and the power relations emanating between those, reflecting the anarchist views of Ursula.
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Jorge Sanz finished reading The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Word for World Is Forest (Paperback, 2022, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
When a world of peaceful aliens is conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably …
Esta mujer escribía ciencia ficción de otra liga. Voy a seguir con The Left Hand of Darkness
@bookstodon@a.gup.pe Finished the first book 'A wizard of Earthsea'. I like how the book is not about good vs evil. It's more about a personal search of oneself. #fantasy #UrsulaKLeGuin
Gerardo started reading Year 501 by Noam Chomsky
Gerardo finished reading Pirates and Emperors, Old and New by Noam Chomsky
Gerardo reviewed Pirates and Emperors, Old and New by Noam Chomsky
Who are the pirates?
5 stars
The tittle is inspired in a tale attributed to Saint Augustine of Hippo. In the tale, Alexander the Great's navy arrests a pirate who was ravaging the Mediterranean; the pirate argues that both him and Alexander plunder the Mediterranean, the difference being that Alexander has an army and navy.
With this framework, Chomsky studies the war on terror from the late twentieth century and early twentieth first century.
I found it instructive in understanding current events, and it's well documented with many references to further reading.
Gerardo wants to read The Devil's Cup by Stuart Lee Allen
The Devil's Cup by Stuart Lee Allen
A self-appointed social anthropologist of coffee, Stewart Lee Allen has written the definitive account of caffeine's impact on humankind. Beginning …
A wizard may have subtle ways of telling the truth, and may keep the truth to himself, but that if he says a thing the thing is as he says.
— The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Earthsea Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin
The cycle of "retaliation" (by Israel) and "terror" (by Palestinians) can be traced back step-by-step for many years, an exercise that will quickly reveal that the terminology belongs to the realm of propaganda, not factual description.
Gerardo started reading Pirates and Emperors, Old and New by Noam Chomsky
Gerardo reviewed Rogue States by Noam Chomsky
Estados canallas
5 stars
Colección de ensayos de Noam Chomsky escritos durante la última década del siglo pasado. Para Noam, un Estado canalla es aquel que tiene un cierto grado de poder e influencia a tal grado de retratar sus actos, y los de sus aliados, como justos y gloriosos; al mismo tiempo, las acciones de quienes reciben su castigo son de las más atroces.
Con este enfoque, Chomsky critica la implicación de EEUU en el embargo a Cuba, su intervención en Latinoamérica, etc.
Lo que me pareció más interesante es el rechazo histórico de EEUU ante la declaración universal de los Derechos Humanos.
Gerardo finished reading Rogue States by Noam Chomsky
Gerardo wants to read Quienes se marchan de Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Quienes se marchan de Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Con descripciones deliberadamente vagas y vívidas, el narrador describe un festival de mediados de verano en la ciudad utópica de …