Returning guest David Agranoff joins me for an extended non-spoiler discussion of The Dispossessed, and it really never gets that spoilery at all. Lots of background on Le Guin and the philosophy/politics of the book.

Start - 7:30Intro through "Why this book?"7:31 - 44:02Non-Spoiler discussion44:03 - endSpoiler discussion

Notes & Mentions:

David's article from Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2021/12/08/beyond-dune-and-foundation-golden-age-and-new-wave-sf-classics-that-should-be-adapted-right-now/
Le Guin speech from Auscon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deuas-AuzbU
Geek's Guide Episode about The Dispossessed: https://geeksguideshow.com/2021/03/26/ggg460-the-dispossessed-review/
Always Coming Home, by Le Guin
Bannerless, by Carrie Vaughn
No Gods, No Monsters, by Cadwell Turnbull
Una McCormack's DS9 novels
Peter Kropotkin, Murray Bookchin, and Paul Goodman
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

David's Links:

Dickheads Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast Dickheads Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickheadspod David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Postcards From a Dying World: http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

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