Ursula K. LeGuin, one of science fiction's all-time greats, has gone home. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html #sff #sffbookclub
Something the NYT obit doesn't mention: many of LeGuin's protagonists are people of colour, and she vigorously protested any attempts to whitewash them. Her work was more deeply indebted to Daoism than to the Christian ethos underlying fantasy classics like Narnia and LOTR. She spoke out against fascism. She accepted the multiplicity of truths while resisting authoritarian attempts to erode truth itself.
Earthsea enchanted me. The Left Hand of Darkness portrayed me. The Dispossessed politicized me.
@nev argh, time to go get some more of her books, I guess :s
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I hope the plane she's gone to is one of the beach ones
@nev oh no. one of my favorite writers and thinkers and people of all time.
@nev She's walked away from Omelas.
@nev damn, I saw her name mentioned in a headline about a week ago and had this massive "oh shit, she didn't die did she?" moment, then was relieved to learn she was fine.
Apparently not that fine. 😢
@nev She brought me so much joy, so much thoughtful introspection, for many years. RIP, Ms. LeGuin.
@nev ...fuck