End of an era

So... what are you reading these days? Anything good??

End of an era

Postby Cyborg Girl » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:07 am

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Re: End of an era

Postby Thumper » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:46 pm

Oh, when I got into the car this morning there was a nice story about her on NPR. She seemed well ahead of her time.
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Re: End of an era

Postby gethen » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:49 pm

Cyborg Girl wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88

Fuck :(

My sentiments exactly.
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Re: End of an era

Postby geonuc » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:36 pm

One of the giants of the genre, and of writing in general.
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Re: End of an era

Postby SciFiFisher » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:59 pm

I think just about everyone who has read Sci-Fiction in the last 50+ years has read some of her books. :cry:
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Re: End of an era

Postby Cyborg Girl » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:34 am

"The Left Hand of Darkness" had such a huge influence on me when I was a teenager. I think I'm still realizing ways it spoke to me. :(
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Re: End of an era

Postby gethen » Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:38 pm

Cyborg Girl wrote:"The Left Hand of Darkness" had such a huge influence on me when I was a teenager. I think I'm still realizing ways it spoke to me. :(

It’s my all time favorite book. I used to think, many years ago, that women didn’t write science fiction as well as men did. LeGuin blew that idea right out of my head.
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