The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
TO READ FOR NEXT WEEK:
The Hole Man by Larry Niven -link incoming tonight
DISCUSSION OF LAST WEEK'S READING:
Prompts for discussion
What do you make of the allegorical aspects of the story here? How do you interpret the subtext?
I'm gonna wipe the to read list, since it's been a while since anyone's expressed interest in those pieces, but we can bring em up again if people want to pick out some material.
Shoutouts:
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This one is a pretty odd story to me. For one, it's more of a description than a story. On top of that, it appears entirely devoted to parable with no flesh on the bones to fill-out the world and make it believeable. I feel like I'm missing something with this one, really.