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    RIP Ursula K. Leguin, aged 88

    Sorry, Ursula K. Le Guin

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    Rest in peace to a fantastic Sci Fi writer.
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    Left Hand of Darkness. Good stuff.
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    RIP
    Thanks for sharing an amazing imagination with us.
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    Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed are two of my favorite sci-fi novels. I've read other books by her, and liked them, but didn't love them like I love these. Still, she was a great writer and will be greatly missed in the sci-fi world.

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    'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' left a lasting impression on me.
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    One of my favorite authors. I met her at Powell's books once, decades ago! Off with dragons now, RIP!
    "Always ready with the ray of sunshine"

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    A great for sure.

    R.I.P.
    Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.

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    Was she prog?

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    Really sad news. She was definitely imaginative and influential. Gave us a lot of writings to enjoy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    Was she prog?
    Quite definitely.
    Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.

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    Great writer. RIP Ursula.

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    Leguin is a writer I wanted to like when I was 13 and 14. I started The Beginning Place but put it down about a fourth the way through. The Left Hand of Darkness was interesting at first but also stopped about a third way in since nothing interesting happened and thought there were too many alien words which I found distracting. I should probably try the Earthsea series.

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    Eulogy: For One Who Went Gentle

    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.
    She held no faith in any gods. But still,
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    She wrote more of imbalance, less of sin;
    And how rejecting truth will make us ill.
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    She could have writ of pickles in a bin,
    And kept us all entranced: such was her skill.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    Her words were always neater than a pin,
    One crafted fine on Hermes' own anvil:
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    She never wrote of spacecraft made of tin,
    She sought to make us think, and not to thrill.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    Her voice grew thin, but steady, stern, and still
    Reminding us art's not for pimps and shills.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin:
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    (Alameda, January 2018)
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    RIP my dear lady, here's hoping you're sailing the Earthsea
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sturgeon's Lawyer View Post
    Eulogy: For One Who Went Gentle

    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.
    She held no faith in any gods. But still,
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    She wrote more of imbalance, less of sin;
    And how rejecting truth will make us ill.
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    She could have writ of pickles in a bin,
    And kept us all entranced: such was her skill.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    Her words were always neater than a pin,
    One crafted fine on Hermes' own anvil:
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    She never wrote of spacecraft made of tin,
    She sought to make us think, and not to thrill.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin.

    Her voice grew thin, but steady, stern, and still
    Reminding us art's not for pimps and shills.
    Her stories always got beneath my skin:
    I shall not pray for Ursula Le Guin.

    (Alameda, January 2018)
    Excellent work. Seriously.
    "And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."

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