I have a proposal for a pilgrim book group*, where we (meaning all of you interested pilgrimgirl readers out there) could select a text and have a book chat together. Similar to the Mindonfire book group, our discussion would include meetings online, in person, and via webcam.
I would like to propose that we begin our group with two readings from Ursula LeGuin:
1) her short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”
2) her novel The Dispossessed.
I chose these particular works because both grapple with utopian communities and the limitations of such.
Ok, so I know it wasn’t very democratic of me to choose the first readings myself, but I hope y’all won’t hold that against me. So please chime in if you’re interested in joining in the discussion and then we’ll make some more concrete plans for structuring our analysis of LeGuin’s stories.
*Thanks go to RyanH for being the catalyst for this group