Ursula K.LeGuin R.I.P.

[greenilex]

As an affectionate reader of many years standing I am upset by the loss of this shining talent. Her novels for adults are quite exceptional.

[CallMePaul]

RIP Ursula

More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42798654

[johncorrigan]

RIP Ursula

More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42798654

Oh no! That's such sad news. One of my all time favourite writers. As well as her more well-renowned books like 'The Earthsea Quartet' and 'Left Hand of Darkness' I loved books like 'Always Coming Home' and 'The Word for World is Forest' exploring the issues around ecology, society, cultural identity and women's rights. But at heart her books were always enjoyable and a delight and she always had such fascinating things to say about our World. Rest in Peace you inspiring wonderful Human Being.

[DracoM]

Wizard of Earthsea - formative for me.

[johncorrigan]

"You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And that is a great gift: the gift of selfhood. For we have only what we know we must lose, what we are willing to lose… That selfhood which is our torment, and our treasure, and our humanity, does not endure. It changes it is gone, a wave on the sea. Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease, to save one wave, to save yourself?”

Ursula K LeGuin
— The Farthest Shore, 1972 (Earthsea Cycle #3).

[doversoul1]

I appreciated the Earthsea books but couldn’t say admired them, especially the later additions; they were too obviously Stories of The Chosen Ones. However, I greatly admired her as a critic and reviewer. Her passion for imagination, especially dragons, in fiction was a shining light in the pseudo realistic trend in fictions for children. A great loss. RIP.

[greenilex]

An excellent obit at www.oregonlive.com

[doversoul1]

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/24/obituary-ursula-k-le-guin

[johncorrigan]

Article from the Guardian about a forthcoming doc about the great Lady!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/30/ursula-k-le-guin-documentary-reveals-author

[johncorrigan]

For fans, today's 'Great Lives' on Radio 4 today was about Ursula LeGuin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hfyp

[johncorrigan]

Excellent article from the New Yorker by Harold Bloom that had me wanting to go back and read Ursula's 'Left Hand of Darkness' once again.

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-friendships-of-ursula-k-le-guins-the-left-hand-of-darkness

[greenilex]

Thanks for that, jc.