The Eye of the Heron

A typical Le Guin novella. It grew on me. The symbolism is sometimes subtle, sometimes less so. It's a clear parallel to the English establishing a penal colony in Australia. This is not a story of action, more so of thoughts: most interestingly, it explores pacifism in a way we all recognize and love from her other works, and shows us the honour in non-violent resistance to oppression.

This had a lot of great quotes in it. It reminded me a bit of The Word for World is Forest, although that one felt much clumsier than this. They both aren't exactly subtle in their metaphors, but at least this one feels more natural.