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I like LeGuin’s work in general, but this tale of freedom and repression is not her best work. Two groups of exiles coexist on a wild, uncharted planet, one composed of the descendants of prisoners, the other of political exiles, sent away for their disturbing pacifism. When some people in the city try to increase their power and wealth by exploiting the pacifists, whom they perceive as weak, a struggle ensues, that ends in a murky compromise and further exile for a subgroup of the pacifists, who realise that they can only live their dream in complete isolation.\nThe book reads like a sketch or a first draft, with plot, background and philosophical implications all quite murky and unfinished. She’s still a good enough writer to avoid pitfalls a lesser writer would have fallen into (like the pacifists passive resitance succeeding, for instance), but overall, this book falls apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"