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Book Review: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin

By echo on October 10, 2026October 10, 2026

The Dispossessed centers around a clash of civilizations: the planet Urras, and its moon, Anarres, which was settled by a group of anarchists has been isolationist since then.

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Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

By echo on February 19, 2022December 22, 2024

My friend told me to read this seven years ago. I should have listened.

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