Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness - Extra Sci Fi

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Subject: History, Politics, Mythology
Content of the Lesson: Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this season of Sci Fi! Go to https://curiositystream.com/extracredits for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and non­fiction series, and for our listeners, enter the promo code ‘extracredits’ when prompted during the sign­up process and your membership is completely free for the first 30 days. Annual plans and gift cards are currently 40% off for a limited time! Although science fiction was started by Mary Shelly, it was difficult to find prominent female writers. Then the women's movement of the 60s and 70s came around and a group of women began to open up the genre, taking home a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, paving the way for writers like Octavia Butler and Margaret Atwood. One of these women was Ursula K. Le Guin. Her story The Left Hand of Darkness takes the tropes established by the Golden Age writers and turns them on their head. The protagonist, Ai, is the perfect picture of a Golden Age protagonist. A man of logic and reason who believes in material wealth as the benchmark of success of a society. But the planet he interacts with is not one that follows logic or has any interest in material goods. And most strangely of all, there is no concept of fixed gender. Join us for Extra Sci Fi on Tuesdays! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Get the Extra Sci Fi Reading List! http://bit.ly/ESF_List Learn all about our shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com ___________ Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Sci Fi: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Listen to our podcast: http://becausegamesmatter.com/podcast Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ___________ ♪ Music: "Hypothetical" by Surasshu http://www.aivisura.com/


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