Who should win? | Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2025: My thoughts on the shortlist

Описание: The ‪@ursula.k.leguin‬ Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for fiction was started in 2022 to recognize and celebrate the kind of writers doing the work that Le Guin championed, “realists of a larger reality.”

I finished all eight books on the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Award for Fiction, and this is a chance to share my thoughts before the award is announced on 21 October.

https://www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25

• Le Guin’s speech in Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters:    • Ursula Le Guin  

GoodReads Reviews
• Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekara:   / 7787180090  
• Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins:   / 6880516808  
• North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher:   / 7907134888  
• The West Passage by Jared Pechaček:   / 7947593083  
• The City in Glass by Nghi Vo:   / 6880507804  
• Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson:   / 7813796531  
• Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston:   / 7964335795  
• The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy:   / 7942965767  

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
01:10 About the award
02:35 Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekara
05:12 Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
08:54 North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
12:16 The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
17:41 The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
22:15 Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
27:47 Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston
37:01 The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
46:12 Final Thoughts
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Music: "Armageddon," by Alfred Grupstra
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