Arguably one of the most influential & philosophical works of the last century. Certainly of the last fifty years.
It’s been more than twenty five years since I last read it. It still creeps into my thoughts & influences my interactions at least biweekly.
By the end of those 22 pages you will have asked yourself questions about your relationship to the society you interact with. Your decisions will tell you more about yourself & your core values than possibly any other piece of similar length outside possibly, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
Thank you for reminding me that I still need to read that. I heard about it after that whole “controversy” around an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds supposedly ripping it off and thought it sounded interesting, but then never got around to actually reading it.
That episode of SNW (1x06, “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”) was one of my favorite episodes so far. It felt a lot like one of the better TOS or TNG episodes, which were frequently classic sci-fi stories adapted to the Star Trek setting.
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.
Arguably one of the most influential & philosophical works of the last century. Certainly of the last fifty years.
It’s been more than twenty five years since I last read it. It still creeps into my thoughts & influences my interactions at least biweekly.
By the end of those 22 pages you will have asked yourself questions about your relationship to the society you interact with. Your decisions will tell you more about yourself & your core values than possibly any other piece of similar length outside possibly, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas
Thank you for reminding me that I still need to read that. I heard about it after that whole “controversy” around an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds supposedly ripping it off and thought it sounded interesting, but then never got around to actually reading it.
That episode of SNW (1x06, “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”) was one of my favorite episodes so far. It felt a lot like one of the better TOS or TNG episodes, which were frequently classic sci-fi stories adapted to the Star Trek setting.
https://files.libcom.org/files/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas.pdf