Comments on: Voices (review) http://billwardwriter.com/voices-review/ science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews and news Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Powers (review) — BillWardWriter.com http://billwardwriter.com/voices-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Powers (review) — BillWardWriter.com Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:07:09 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=721#comment-1132 [...] with Voices, the second book in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore series, knowledge of [...] [...] with Voices, the second book in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore series, knowledge of [...]

]]> By: cindy http://billwardwriter.com/voices-review/comment-page-1/#comment-868 cindy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:25:29 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=721#comment-868 yes, i think you hit it on the head as to why i really loved gifts. it surprised me. and i love how quiet her storytelling is, but it is never less powerful to me. le guin doesn't write fantasy with a lot of "car chases and explosions". but damn, i envy her her prose and storytelling. it would be a pity if this series is less read only because it's filed under young adult!!! thanks for the review! yes, i think you hit it on the head as to why i really loved gifts. it surprised me. and i love how quiet her storytelling is, but it is never less powerful to me. le guin doesn’t write fantasy with a lot of “car chases and explosions”. but damn, i envy her her prose and storytelling.

it would be a pity if this series is less read only because it’s filed
under young adult!!! thanks for the review!

]]> By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/voices-review/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Bill Ward Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:28:18 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=721#comment-864 I liked Gifts best as well, maybe because it was a more personal story, while Voices was more political? I loved how Voices played with fantasy tropes though -- but both books feel very 'real' as a consequence to Le Guin not taking the easy path. I liked Gifts best as well, maybe because it was a more personal story, while Voices was more political? I loved how Voices played with fantasy tropes though — but both books feel very ‘real’ as a consequence to Le Guin not taking the easy path.

]]> By: cindy http://billwardwriter.com/voices-review/comment-page-1/#comment-862 cindy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:34:39 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=721#comment-862 hi bill! what did you think of this compared to gifts? i do believe the first was my favorite in the series. hi bill! what did you think of this compared
to gifts? i do believe the first was my favorite
in the series.

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