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Today's story is 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas' by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is read by Kate Thompson.
About the reader:
Kate has been an actor, stage manager in the theatre, a gardener and is always a composer looking for people and projects to write music for. They were in the tweepop band KateGoes - kateGoes.bandcamp.com - and is currently in acoustic folkprank band The Untidy Gardeners - theuntidygardeners.wordpress.com - as well as working on solo projects, available to listen at: katethompson.b...
Kate also runs a drag night called 'Valley Of The Kings' for people to dress up, experiment with their perception of gender and perform or lip sync to their favourite songs - / valleyofthekingsbirmin...
Kate has lived in Balsall Heath for 14 years.
About the story:
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a 1973 work of short philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.
Age Guide: 14+
Language: English
About the author:
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, yielding more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books
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