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Changing Planes
Changing Planes
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
The latest short story collection from multi-award winning author Ursula K. Le Guin is an interstellar tour across the universe courtesy of a woman-waiting in an airport after having missed a flight-with the ability to visit bizarre societies and cultures not so unlike our own...
ISBN-13: 9780441011568
ISBN-10: 044101156X
Publication Date: 8/3/2004
Pages: 244
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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Fantastic!
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lmspop avatar reviewed Changing Planes on
This is such an inventive book. Really smart short stories that explore what life could be like if things were just a little different. For example, what happens if genetic modifications get taken too far (Porridge on Islac) or what it would look like if corporations colonized planets (Great Joy)?
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Science Fiction of a Different Ilk

Funny that they put the label "Fantasy" on the spine of this book. I would call it science fiction, but then, I'm a woman, and see science fiction differently. She comments on the ways that technology and environment shape beings, rather than commenting solely on the technology and environment themselves.

I found this book somewhat repetitive toward the end, but fascinating in its perspectives.
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a good collection of short stories; it reads like fantastic anthropology.


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