Old Man Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Farewell, Lady Le Guin. You were metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown803 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 It was already mentioned in the Other News thread but she deserves a thread of her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I've heard of her, but never read her work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I remember Lathe of Heaven and Wizard of Earthsea fondly. It was for a young preteen an introduction to some mind blowing concepts, and written so you didn't want to put it down. It made you learn, made you think, and made you want to read more. In that regard, her conquest of hundreds of thousands of readers was complete and total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Damn. I loved the PBS version of The Lathe of Heaven starring Bruce Davison and read The Left Hand of Darkness just last year. I really need to track down more of her books. She was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I remembering reading "Left Hand of Darkness" for my college Science Fiction class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 A Wizard of Earthsea is on the short list of fantasy novels that one simply must read. It's that seminal. Plus it's short, graceful, and written so well that a bright 10-year-old can understand it, while a college English professor can appreciate the depth of her achievement. Her essay, "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" is also one of the foundational works of fantasy literary criticism. Her SF is equally significant. We are lucky that she existed. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armory Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I've not read much of her work (Left Hand of Darkness, Lathe of Heaven) but they were good. I'll have to look up her bibliography and dig into some more. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 A great writer. I will have to go and re-read a whole bunch of stuff now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says we'll be back later..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Sad. Definetly heard of her, but never read any of her. Bought a poetry book of hers for a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I read Wizard of Earthsea for a class in college (1976 iirc) and the next two in that series on my own; also Left Hand of Darkness, another novel whose title I cannot remember, and The Compass Rose, a short story collection, and a couple of other short stories elsewhere. A master. She was an invited speaker for my university's Convocation in September 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I light the candle and turn the wheel for the wizard behind the WIzard of Earthsea, the hand behind the Left Hand of Darkness, and the mind behind the Lathe of Heaven. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary intones, what is Remembered, Lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Rest In Peace, Ma'am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Her initial Earthsea trilogy has retained its magic for me as I grew into adulthood the way The Hobbit and A Wrinkle in Time did, aging far better than the overwhelming majority of Fantasy books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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