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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 23, 2018 19:20:28 GMT -5
Died, at age 88.
A great writer.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 23, 2018 20:03:21 GMT -5
I heard she was a great writer. Never read her works.
I was a math/science guy in school but never quite got into fantasy or science fiction literature, opting instead for more grounded literature (e.g., Twain, Fitzgerald, Dickens, Hemingway). George Orwell's 1984 may be one of only a handful of sci-fi novels I actually finished. Another was one whose title and author elude me, but it has something to do with clones -- these brothers and sisters on a space station, well the brothers and sisters are all clones of the same person. I don't remember the plot but I do remember that they have sex with each other. Like, eww... I started on the Foundation trilogy; that is, I started on chapter 1 of the first book and couldn't finish. I read a bunch of short stories, the most impressive being "Inconstant Moon" (by Larry Niven) that blew me away.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 20:19:22 GMT -5
I tried reading one of her books, but it didn't appeal to me. I should try a different ones. People speak very highly of her writing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 20:19:26 GMT -5
I don't know who this is.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jan 25, 2018 18:03:51 GMT -5
It'll either be a shame or a blessing that she's not going to see A Wrinkle in Time in theaters, depending on how the movie turns out.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 25, 2018 20:43:41 GMT -5
It'll either be a shame or a blessing that she's not going to see A Wrinkle in Time in theaters, depending on how the movie turns out. You are the second person I know of who has associated her with A Wrinkle In Time. Is there something I'm missing or are people just confusing the names? A Wrinkle In Time was written by Madeleine L'Engle, not Ursula Le Guin.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jan 26, 2018 12:30:42 GMT -5
It'll either be a shame or a blessing that she's not going to see A Wrinkle in Time in theaters, depending on how the movie turns out. You are the second person I know of who has associated her with A Wrinkle In Time. Is there something I'm missing or are people just confusing the names? A Wrinkle In Time was written by Madeleine L'Engle, not Ursula Le Guin. Oh man, I was totally thinking they were the same person
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 26, 2018 12:35:18 GMT -5
I'll have to set a reading goal for this year: read at least one (1) Ursula Le Guin book. Any recommendations?
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 26, 2018 12:55:22 GMT -5
I'll have to set a reading goal for this year: read at least one (1) Ursula Le Guin book. Any recommendations? I guess it's hard not to say A Wizard Of Earthsea. Although the whole "school for wizards" thing has been done now so many times that some of it my feel like a cliche (even though her book is almost 50 years old now and predates, or maybe creates, there being a whole genre of magical "coming of age" stories). The one that really put her on the map is Left Hand Of Darkness, but I hesitate to recommend it only because I've never actually read it myself. I like Lathe Of Heaven, which I was first introduced to by watching the 1980 PBS television movie adaptation (which Le Guin herself was heavily involved with).
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 20:29:48 GMT -5
My niece is asking where she should start if she were to start reading Le Guin. Any recommendation?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 20:30:47 GMT -5
Hmm. Looks like you already answered that.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 22, 2019 21:12:27 GMT -5
Hmm. Looks like you already answered that. Yeah. How old is your niece? I first read A Wizard Of Earthsea when I was a pre-teenager, but I know certain aspects of it confused me until I was older. The main thrust of the first book is learning how to accept yourself for who you truly are. The second book ( Tombs Of Atuan) is a SCATHING indictment of how a male-dominated society treats young women, but when I first read it I didn't understand the implications and wondered why Ged, the powerful male wizard, wasn't the hero of the story. Instead, a teenage girl was the hero! This confused my young self.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 10:33:41 GMT -5
37. Not a kid, obviously.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 23, 2019 11:35:32 GMT -5
37. Not a kid, obviously. Wow, 37 clues and we still can't get the damn answer! This one's pretty hard.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 12:30:06 GMT -5
Looks like most of the people who have responded to her are recommending A Wizard of Earthsea. FWIW.
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