• hostilearchitecture [any]
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    2 years ago

    It's a short story collection, the cover depicts one about modern America:

    "Porridge on Islac"
    About a society which has taken genetic engineering to extremes. This story features a woman whose genome is partly maize.

    :heartbreaking:

    Le Guin's writing was enormously influential in the field of speculative fiction, and has been the subject of intense critical attention. She received numerous accolades, including eight Hugos, six Nebulas, and twenty-two Locus Awards, and in 2003 became the second woman honored as a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      Does she fight crime using the power of corn or what could the goal possibly be?

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    :corn-man-khrush:

    :volcel-judge: Freeze punk! Put... the cob... down!