I've read Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" and I have "The Left Hand of Darkness" and her entire Earthsea series on my shelf awaiting my attention. You're absolutely spot-on with your assertion that Le Guin used her writing to, as you said, "explore our own societal norms, and challenge some of our preconceptions and our ways of understanding each other and the world." She was a tireless activist for creating a better world through the exploration of many big ideas and systems, such as (amongst others) feminism, gender and gender roles, sexuality, religion, morality, Taoism, egalitarianism, anarchism, collectivism, prison abolition, the justice and education systems, religion, community, freedom, human suffering, etc. When she died in 2018, the world lost one of its great philosophers and champions of goodness. I'm not much of a sci-fi reader, but after discovering that Lois McMaster Bujold's "The Curse of Chalion" was my all-time favourite fantasy book, I'm eager to check out her sci-fi Vorkosigan Saga, where I'll probably start with "The Warrior's Apprentice."

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Le Guin sounds like such an inspirational author. I've had Earthsea on my shelves for ages but feel really intimidated to pick it up for some reason! Ohh I remember you talking about The Curse of Chalion. I need to pick that one up!

Great choices Ellie. Loved Left Hand of Darkness and it began a long love of her work in general for me. Who Goes Where is such a fantastic and iconic story and absolutely love what John Carpenter did with it. Great video.

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have a feeling Le Guin could end up becoming a favorite author for me! I'm even more excited to pick these up now 😊

Hi Ellie, Merry Christmas. I love books based in the Antarctic or other snowy settings. I'm not much of a Sci fi reader but would be willing to try it. The Thing is a great film so I may try the book. Interesting list.😊

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄❤ I'm not much of a Sci-Fi reader either, but might try and read a few more next year. It might be fun to try something a little different 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🥰

I was going to mention Ascension! That's a good one, I loved it 😊 A few other cold/wintery scifi books on my TBR: Pina (self-pub I think) by Bernadette Richards, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (1st in trilogy), and The Martian by Andy Weir (not "winter" but still chilling and isolated).

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

I'm pleased to hear that you enjoyed Ascension! I'm excited for that one. Ohh thanks for the recommendations! I will definitely check these out. I've already read The Martian but the others are new to me 🤩

Some interesting books, I haven’t read any of those books, I must admit that sci-fi is not a topic I tend to read, but I might try a few in 2024. 😘😘

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 💛 Sci-Fi fi is not a genre I typically read either, but I'd like to give it a go!

On top of my head I know at least two books that have a wintery or at least cold feel to them. One is the recent published "Plutoshine" by Lucy Kissick, which I only read a few months back and thought was really great. And the other one is "Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds which luckily is one of his stand-alone novels so it wouldn't require jumping into a series immediately.

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the recommendations! I will definitely check out the stand alone (I already have so many series on the go!) Thanks again for watching and commenting 🥰

@andrewb.3076

8 ай бұрын

@@bibbidibobbidibooks KZread algorithm doing its work, as I follow a number of booktube channels (most sci-fi related) and it suggested this video of yours. Hope you enjoy the novel(s) if you decide to check them out.

Evening Ellie, hope your week's going well? If you don't mind Warhammer 40k Lukas the Trickster is a fun winter sci-fi book. It's set on the planet Fenris which is so cold and snowy it's classed as a death world. I'm the same as you in wanting to read more sci-fi. I was really lucky earlier in the year as everyone bought me sci-fi books for my birthday so I have a nice collection to start with. I found the booktube channel Words in Time really useful, it has lots of best sci-fi type lists. I was so happy seeing The Thing in your video, it's one of my favourite films.

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Hi John 😊 My week has been busy (as always) but I've finally gotten over my nasty cold which is a relief. Thanks for asking. I hope you are doing well? I like Warhammer! I'll check that one out, thanks for the recommendation. "So snowy it's classed as a death world." You can't get more wintery than that! You will have to let me know your thoughts as you read through your sci fi collection. Thanks for the YT recommendation, I'll head over and subscribe. Yes! The Thing is awesome! One of my favorite films too 😆

@johnbeasley3258

8 ай бұрын

@@bibbidibobbidibooks glad you're over the cold and feeling better. I'm good thanks. I like getting my Warhammer books on audible, they are so well made and always have great narrators/voice actors. So far I've read some Arthur C Clarke (Childhood's End, 2001: A Space Odyssey), John Wyndham (The Midwich Cuckoo's, The Day of the Triffids, The Chrysalids) and I started The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, I've enjoyed all of them so far. I hate it when a new film format comes out because I know I'll have to buy The Thing again, I've got it on dvd, bluray and 4k 😄

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

@@johnbeasley3258 good to know, I'm always on the look out for good audiobooks. I've read The Day of the Triffids (who doesn't love killer plants) and the first Hitchhiker's Guide book. I love Douglas Adam's humor. I'll have to try Arthur C Clark!

The word you were looking for in “ The Thing”. Is a changing

I liked the Colony Mars series by Gerald M. Gilby.

@bibbidibobbidibooks

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will check that one out!

@stephena1196

8 ай бұрын

@@bibbidibobbidibooks your welcome. I heard the series here on youtube as audio books. Easily my favourite series of Sci-Fi books. Also Gerald is good at writing female characters, which I imagine you'd appreciate.

great odin's beard watched the whole video but didnt hear a single thing you said

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