wilderthan | Review - Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (Reply)

Ursula Le Guin's writing is as lovely as ever, in these stories. They're all beautiful and clever and full of her own particular brand of magic. The first one, "Half Past Four", was rather strange -- but that's not surprising, coming from the mind of Ursula Le Guin. I especially liked "A Child Bride" and "The Poacher"; I love the Demeter/Persephone/Hades legend, in the former case, and the latter is just lovely, the slow reveal, the slow realisation of what's going on. I'm really happy I finally got to read this one.