My intended holiday reading got blown off-course a little this year, but as part of my on-going search for non-dystopian science fiction, I did manage to finish The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. And very enjoyable it was too, classic SF - I am the creator of worlds stuff. But even though it was published in 1974, there is another way to read this book - as a parable about Open Access and the motivations various people have for restricting the availability of information. I'm happy to recommend Ursula Le Guin to SF fans, but I also recommend this book as a moral fable for all academics.
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