Comments on: Book Review: Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-lavinia-by-ursula-k-le-guin/ From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel Siepierski http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-lavinia-by-ursula-k-le-guin/comment-page-1/#comment-14631 Joel Siepierski Mon, 03 May 2010 02:02:25 +0000 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/?p=6203#comment-14631 Le Guin is showing her age? Perhaps. Still, that's no excuse for the erasure of thousands of years of common mythology. Common cultural reference points such as the ancient epics are what glue society together. Their loss, despite their seeming ephemeral nature, is a symbol of our society's lack of cultural cohesion. Knowing the epics does not make Le Guin high-minded, just reasonably educated. Le Guin is showing her age? Perhaps. Still, that’s no excuse for the erasure of thousands of years of common mythology. Common cultural reference points such as the ancient epics are what glue society together. Their loss, despite their seeming ephemeral nature, is a symbol of our society’s lack of cultural cohesion. Knowing the epics does not make Le Guin high-minded, just reasonably educated.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-lavinia-by-ursula-k-le-guin/comment-page-1/#comment-12822 uberVU - social comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:36:56 +0000 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/?p=6203#comment-12822 Social comments and analytics for this post... This post was mentioned on Reddit by catrambo: Review of classic fantasy writer Ursula K. LeGuin's novel, Lavinia, with discussion of how it is influenced by early Greek works by Richard Horton for Fantasy Magazine.... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Cat Rambo http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-lavinia-by-ursula-k-le-guin/comment-page-1/#comment-12819 Cat Rambo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:07:19 +0000 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/?p=6203#comment-12819 My favorite LeGuin remains The Lathe of Heaven. My favorite LeGuin remains The Lathe of Heaven.

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