“The Way Things Were”

Title“The Way Things Were”
Year for Search2021
AuthorsBarrett, Jonah
Secondary AuthorsDeFreitas, Susan
Secondary TitleDispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
Pagination256-72
Date Published2021
Publisher: Forest Avenue Press
Place PublishedPortland, OR
ISBN Number9781942436485
KeywordsQueer author, US author
Annotation

First contact story set in the near future that is somewhat more dystopian than the present. Concerned with colonialism, when is violence justified, gender issues, and other questions raised by Le Guin’s work, particularly “The Word for World Is Forest” (1972).

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Author Note

The queer author is an actor, filmmaker, and multimedia artist.

Full Text

2021 Barrett, Jonah. “The Way Things Were.” Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin. Ed. Susan DeFreitas (Portland, OR: Forest Avenue Press, 2021), 256-72. PSt

First contact story set in the near future that is somewhat more dystopian than the present. Concerned with colonialism, when is violence justified, gender issues, and other questions raised by Le Guin’s work, particularly “The Word for World Is Forest” (1972). The queer author is an actor, filmmaker, and multimedia artist.