‘The Author of the Acacia Seeds’ by Ursula K LeGuin
A beautiful trio of epistles on the secret language of ants, penguins and plants. It utilises the scientific method in a way that is utterly incongruous in this collection but charming and entirely welcome.
Quality: ****
Hardness: ****
Written by Martin
30 June 2010 at 13:39
Posted in sf, short stories
Tagged with the ascent of wonder, ursula k leguin
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