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Ursula K. Le Guin Has Died at 88
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01-23-2018, 08:45 PM | #3 |
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Very sad indeed.
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One of the best.
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01-24-2018, 04:19 AM | #5 |
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So very sad to read this. I have been a huge fan of hers since I first read her Earthsea series as a child.
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01-24-2018, 04:25 AM | #6 |
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RIP. A wonderful writer.
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01-24-2018, 06:06 AM | #7 |
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May she R.I.P. I've never read her books but I know of her awe inspiring reputation.
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01-24-2018, 09:08 AM | #8 |
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Terribly sad to hear of her passing. She was one of the most original writers of her generation - The Left Hand of Darkness was brilliant.
She has been sick for some time - she was 88. Oddly, yesterday my spot in the Overdrive queue came up for Words are My Matter. I'm on the Overdrive hold list for No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters - which just came out, and is certainly aptly titled. I'm looking forward to reading that soon. It's a great loss to all of us of her voice being stilled. Last edited by bfisher; 01-24-2018 at 09:21 AM. |
01-24-2018, 01:06 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, I saw that this morning. I was surprised to discover she was 88, though. In my mind, I always saw her as younger, more my age! (I never saw a picture of her until this morning)
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01-24-2018, 03:45 PM | #10 |
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As Margaret Atwood said, one of the literary greats of the 20th century.
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01-24-2018, 05:08 PM | #11 |
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The first monthly selection I got from the Science Fiction Book Club was The Left Hand of Darkness. It seems like only yesterday , but its 50th anniversary is next year, so she was in her late thirties when she was starting the Hainish and Earthsea novels.
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01-24-2018, 06:08 PM | #12 |
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The Earthsea books were one of my favorite series. She was definitely one of the leading lights on the literary side of SF&F.
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01-24-2018, 11:02 PM | #13 |
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The Earth Sea Cycle (6 books) was marvelous. A favorite of mine.
The Left hand of Darkness was perplexing when I read it, but these days it gets a lot of attention. I always wondered about "pepper pills" (I believe that was what they were called,) but the military later gave me the answer: amphetamine, speed, and now days meth. I love the sea as much as the land, and have often thought the Wind Mage was out to thwart me as he did Ged. |
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The Coode Street Podcast is repeating an episode from 2011 where Le Guin chats about science fiction and Margaret Atwood with Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan for about an hour.
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01-25-2018, 01:51 AM | #15 |
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A Wizard of Earthsea was one of the first fantasy books I read, and I've reread it and the others several times. Tombs of Atuan especially sticks in the mind -- the images of a young girl exploring a huge labyrinth in darkness, having lots of power in theory as high priestess, but in practice being dependent on the older priestesses, and not knowing who to trust.
I also remember reading the Word for World is Forest and (vaguely) The Left Hand of Darkness as a teenager. I think it's time for some rereading. |
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