The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I listened to the audio of this, having no idea of what I was getting into. A battle of ideas, the socialist against the free thinkers. Some reviewers call this an anti-Ayn Rand book, but it seemed different in that both sides of the argument get a reasonable view – you can see the good and bad on both sides. Rand didn’t do that. I was surprised that by the end of the book the characters talking and the situations sounded more like any of a number of spy novels involving the USSR and deep thoughts on philosophy and practices. Think Le Carre. Interesting, but it felt too familiar to other books I’ve read. I suspect I’ve read newer books that copied parts of this one…
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