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Herringtoday at 12:20 AM1 replyview on HN

The author has a background in Taoism. That book didn’t really make sense to me until I started practicing Zen.

Like most things in that tradition, it’s less about a “message”, and more about learning something about yourself. Cf meditation.


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AlotOfReadingtoday at 2:29 AM

Le Guin is one of the most intentional authors out there. Her works, Earthsea included, smack you in the face with deliberate messages.