Ursula Le Guin makes a spirited case for virtuous words. Few have put it this magically. Very inspiring. The uninitiated can start by reading The Dispossesed.

To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth.

Ursula K. Le Guin: A Few Words to a Young Writer

This is not a review of The Manticore’s Secret. Here… take a spoiler warning in any case. I can imagine Samit Basu sitting in his dark tower and doing his thing (bwahaha or mwahaha as his mood demands). The book was good. I am sincere in my appreciation. As sequels go, I never expect much from continuing tales, but TMS was good.

But curse the author for almost killing me in the end. Still no Maya !!??