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! Despite science fictions foundation in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, women authors of sci fi were few and far between. That is, until the women's movement saw a wave of new writers who took home Hugo and Nebula awards, leaving their mark on science fiction forever. One of these writers was Ursula K. Le Guin. The daughter of anthropologists, Le Guin's family frequently had famous academics and scientists over, and they deeply influenced her writing like her first science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness. The Left Hand of Darkness is a story about isolation and exclusion from a very interesting perspective and asks the question, what would a society without gender look like? 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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