The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

The Dispossessed by Ursula Le GuinThere was a wall. It did not look important even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on' Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty

and continue to take

as civilisation fades into the long cold night

something has changed

What readers are saying about Octavia Butler: 'KINDRED was written in 1979 but could have been written last year

debating their relative ugliness and merits

Mark Moran

the physical consequences of discrimination

the book includes magnificent paintings

he would rule her life

ONE yellow cheeky dog sleeping on the floor

stands above all the others

Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius - nobody's land