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rixx's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not a huge fan of short story collections – they're hard to rate, I don't like reading stories bunched together all that much, it's just not for me. So giving **A Fisherman of the Inland Sea** 4/5 stars means a lot – Ursula Le Guin always manages to show deeply familiar human sides to technological developments. Here I was impressed with her ability to show groups (families and other groups) interact and evolve. The deep understanding of individuals growing older, away from home or at home, was touching too, and terribly well executed. Oh, the humanity, you know?
telescopewizard's review against another edition
5.0
the other day my aunt took us for a drive around the tiny rural town where she and my dad and their brothers grew up, and where their parents both grew up, and where they lived within walking distance from 20-odd households of cousins and aunts and uncles and family friends. in totally unrelated news, reading this almost made me cry on the plane home !
ldea's review against another edition
5.0
On a bit of a Le Guin kick. I enjoyed all the stories set in her Hainish universe and especially the interplanetary mix of cultures from her past books. LOVED the title story, which is my favorite kind of time travel/love story, haunting and sweet.
mercymourn's review against another edition
4.0
A treat, as always, I especially liked the hainish cycle stories in the end, the last one of which made me a little weepy
madelineahjones's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
mooberryink's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
robertrivasplata's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent collection of stories. Le Guin's introductions to her other books I've read are a treat in themselves, and the intro to Fisherman of the Inland Sea is no exception. The stories are good too. The final three are related, and I feel like the first two are best thought of as a build-up to the final story, even though it's title, "Another Story" makes it sound like an afterthought. "Another Story" resonated with me the most, emotionally. "Newton's Sleep" felt like it had the most techno-political-philosophical relevance to the moment we're in now (but I hope it doesn't stay relevant).
soupcreature's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
cindywho's review against another edition
4.0
There were some odd little stories in here, but the best were the trio at the end that explore the technology of instantaneous transportation. Her Buddhist sensibility shines through when addressing the questions of competing realities and human relationships.
gaucheri's review against another edition
5.0
I forgot that I had read the namesake short story months ago in The Found and the Lost. The second reading, with the world's complex rules surrounding marriage occupying less of my mind, made me cry. Her writings get better each time you read them, as if they're rearranging themselves while you have your eyes averted. Newton's Sleep reminded me of Paradises Lost in a way, only faintly. Ursula K. Le Guin's ability to return to a familiar setting and tell a completely different story (Mountain Ways, for instance, was set on the same world as Another Story and, likewise, centered around the marriage rules) she did never ceases to amaze me.