Thanks, that’ll be my next read on the subject.

I’ll give you a book recommendation back in return: Wild Spinning Girls by Carol Lovekin. This one stood out to me as specifically related to the society I am imagining due to the presence of ghosts and witchcraft and the gothic atmosphere.

It’s no surprise that Le Guin doesn’t get enough play. The literature market can be fickle due to the sheer size of it, the difficulty getting your work adapted into screen media (assuming one wants that), the amount of time and effort you need to spend on getting qualified to write and/or becoming experienced, the usual scarcity of human attention, etc. In fact, I think that last one is pretty significant. Only a tiny number of writers are going to hold the public attention at any one time.

Thanks for the ideas, as well.