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lookingfordata2020 t1_j2eat3y wrote

Reply to comment by North_Yam_6423 in Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", fourth novel of the Hainish Cycle. by i-the-muso-1968

It's very different from Dune, I think. I couldn't really get into Dune but I'm a massive fan of the Hainish cycle (they don't have to be read in order, and aren't a series as much as they are books set in the same universe). I found Dune to be a bit mechanical whereas I like the humanness of the Hainish Cycle.

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sammyfritz t1_j2fjibj wrote

Dune is like ecology and history, while the Hainish Cycle is like sociology and anthropology.

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lookingfordata2020 t1_j2fvfqt wrote

+1 and I think they could both be associated with political philosophy though Hainish is more sociology/psychology oriented.

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