RIP Ursula K LeGuin
01-23-18, 07:03 PM
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RIP Ursula K LeGuin
That is all. A very sad day. 
01-23-18, 07:17 PM
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I have heard people argue that Ursula K. Le Guin could have been the first science-fiction author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. But alas, her passing means we'll never find out.
01-23-18, 07:41 PM
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Re: RIP Ursula K LeGuin
Maybe she will win posthumously. Everyone dies, but this feels like a real loss.
01-24-18, 01:04 PM
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Very sad to hear, I'm glad she was able to put out such an impressive body of work.
The Lathe of Heaven is one of my top books ever, absolute genius.
The Lathe of Heaven is one of my top books ever, absolute genius.
01-24-18, 04:04 PM
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I really need to read some of her books one of these days.
I think I might have read Left Hand of Darkness when I was ten or eleven, but I can't say for sure.
I think I might have read Left Hand of Darkness when I was ten or eleven, but I can't say for sure.
01-24-18, 08:18 PM
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Re: RIP Ursula K LeGuin
She was, as I think Neil Gaiman said, a literary giant.
01-24-18, 08:20 PM
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Re: RIP Ursula K LeGuin
Fuck, Jack Ketchum too. FUUUUCK YOUUU REAPER!
Do we have an Obituary Talk subforum?
Do we have an Obituary Talk subforum?
01-25-18, 08:06 PM
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I don't think I've read a LeGuin book since I was a teenager. I've revisited Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein in the last few years. Maybe I should read one of her books again.
I did like her analysis of LOTR. She said that Frodo, Sam, and Gollum can be read as different aspects of a single character.
I did like her analysis of LOTR. She said that Frodo, Sam, and Gollum can be read as different aspects of a single character.
01-25-18, 08:26 PM
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I don't think I've read a LeGuin book since I was a teenager. I've revisited Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein in the last few years. Maybe I should read one of her books again.
I did like her analysis of LOTR. She said that Frodo, Sam, and Gollum can be read as different aspects of a single character.
I did like her analysis of LOTR. She said that Frodo, Sam, and Gollum can be read as different aspects of a single character.
01-25-18, 08:31 PM
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Purchased/watched The Lathe of Heaven recently, it was pretty damned good. Also read the Earthsea Trilogy within the last year, was mesmerized by the depth of them. She was a talented writer, her storytelling will be missed.
