The Best Way to Communicate the Joy Is to Read Her Fine

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The novel is set in a real city that the narrator appears to have visited and described. She says at one point, if this is sounding maybe a little too goody, too shoes for you, if it is, add an orgy. The faint, insistent sweetness of Druze may perfume the way of the city.

David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edition of [dramatic music] GUILTY CONFESSIONS. Note: if this episode strikes you as too puritanical, then please add an orgy.

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