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Post by mikef6 on Jan 23, 2018 23:24:18 GMT
Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 88. Her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, confirmed the death. He did not specify a cause but said she had been in poor health for several months. Ms. Le Guin embraced the standard themes of her chosen genres: sorcery and dragons, spaceships and planetary conflict. But even when her protagonists are male, they avoid the macho posturing of so many science fiction and fantasy heroes. The conflicts they face are typically rooted in a clash of cultures and resolved more by conciliation and self-sacrifice than by swordplay or space battles. Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Several, including “The Left Hand of Darkness” — set on a planet where the customary gender distinctions do not apply — have been in print for almost 50 years. The critic Harold Bloom lauded Ms. Le Guin as “a superbly imaginative creator and major stylist” who “has raised fantasy into high literature for our time.” Entire New York Times Obit
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 0:01:03 GMT
Most likely the last of a great generation to pass away. 88 years is a good age, but still sad to hear
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 22:24:37 GMT
I recently read The Lathe of Heaven and liked it a lot. R.I.P.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 25, 2018 20:19:32 GMT
...a great author in the vein of Bester, Dick, Heinlein, etc...RIP
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Post by politicidal on Jan 26, 2018 1:10:43 GMT
I wonder if someone will try to adapt her books now.
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Post by Bargle on Jan 26, 2018 11:40:05 GMT
She will be missed. RIP.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jan 31, 2018 13:16:16 GMT
I wonder if someone will try to adapt her books now. Let's hope so. I'd love to see some great SF authors get their work adapted. Maybe it will happen after the 'super-hero craze' is over? RIP, great writer.
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