A star has gone out - Ursula K Le Guin

[Srivijaya]

Sad to hear the news this morning of the death of one of my favourite authors Ursula K Le Guin. I first discovered and fell in love with her Earthsea novels when I was a kid and I still love them today.

US fantasy author Ursula K Le Guin dies

 

[Buddha Dharma]

Oh no

I liked her also, and for more than just Earthsea, which are fantastic. She is one of the better known American Taoists, and has actually written about her views on that.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Hard to believe that that her first published book was not before 1966. I must have read a majority of her work before the end of the 70's and a few there after. I never thought of her as a "female" writer.

 

[Srivijaya]

I think her novels and stories were just brilliant in themselves. Perhaps Wizard of Earthsea should be made into a film (a good one of which she would have approved).

 

[Buddha Dharma]

Yeah the movie they did- didn't do justice to the original work

 

[Srivijaya]

They had a few goes at Lord of the Rings before getting that right, so perhaps there's hope yet.

 

[LuisDantas]

I'm sorry that she is gone.

 

[Terese]

These years i've only been reading non-fiction. Time to read some science/fantasy novels

 

[Polymath257]

Oh, no. I *loved* the Earthsea trilogy. Sad to see her go.

 

[Srivijaya]

Me too. She seemed to be so little known for such a great writer.

 

[columbus]

That is sad

She was one of the authors that, when you read her books you could feel your brain stretching.
Tom

 

[Jumi]

I too loved her Earthsea books when I was a kid, didn't know she was so popular among RFers.

 

[David T]

;big fan of her. She lived just down the road from me. I think I had heard she had moved to cannon beach oregon. Being a lefty loved the title of her classic.