i think the broken earth series by jemison is must read for anyone into speculative fiction. it's fantastic. if youre a big le guin fan it'd hard not to read it as directly in dialogue with a lot of her work too, and if anything it feels like itd be slightly more in line with my politics & the politics of this site than big ursula, as much as i love her.

there's a lot of stuff about characters walking away from conflict and trying to establish their own societies (like in a lot of uklg) but it's pretty much always presented as a dead end and ends in a failure. it's very angry and very focused on a confrontation with power, where le guins politics rarely allowed for that. there's a very direct parallel to the ones who walk away from omelas too, and the upshot is that walking away is completely inadequate.

it's great, honest

been reading her latest novel this week (sort of gaimany scifi/fantasy set in modern day new york) and I've been pretty disappointed overall and especially with the political stuff, i didn't know anything about her personally but the lib tendencies are pretty obvious in a real world setting. bit of a shame. theres definitely a heart in the right place tho imo