Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), a professor’s daughter in California who wrote about dragons and wizards and other things, passed away yesterday at age 88. She is best known for “The Left Hand of Darkness” (1969), about the ambisexual Gethenians, and her books about the wizards of Earthsea. But her best book, in my opinion, is “The Dispossessed” (1974), a pro-anarchist novel that I adored.
Requiescat in pace.
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Thank you for this. One of my favorite authors of all time, so I’m very sad right now.
I agree with you on “The Dispossessed.” It is the only book that I’ve actively coerced multiple people into reading.
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Sad to hear of her passing. The “Left Hand of Darkness” was absolutely amazing.
Also loved the books of the “Earthsea Chronicles”. Her treatment of space and time were so imaginative.
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“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
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Wow, my 5th grade teacher turned me on to le guin’s writing. RIP.
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Never heard of her will have to check out some of her work.
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