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Ursula LeGuin dead?
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 1:46 am
Yes, BBC was reporting it on my drive home tonight.

I never read any of her works, but I understand she had a huge fanbase and was regarded as a fine writer. Sad loss in that case.
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 4:02 am
(January 24, 2018 at 12:01 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I really liked her Earthsea trilogy.  RIP.

I missed those but I did enjoy the dragon rider series. RIP.
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 4:33 am
I wasn't a particular fan of her work (just not to my taste), but she did a helluva lot to move speculative fiction into the mainstream.

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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 5:26 am
(January 24, 2018 at 12:01 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I really liked her Earthsea trilogy.  RIP.

Not a trilogy. there are a fourth and fifth novel in the series. IV is called Tehanu: The last book of Earthsea of which readers will correctly identify the topic and V. The other wind. I have not read it, so cannot comment.  I read the original three in my formative years. Decades later I still enjoy them.

UKLG had a style that would draw you in to the world she described. Not a common talent.
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 9:56 am
Love her work. Sad to see her go.
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 4:18 pm
(January 24, 2018 at 4:02 am)Succubus Wrote:
(January 24, 2018 at 12:01 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I really liked her Earthsea trilogy.  RIP.

I missed those but I did enjoy the dragon rider series. RIP.

Wasn't that Anne McCaffrey?
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 4:39 pm (This post was last modified: January 24, 2018 at 4:56 pm by Succubus.)
(January 24, 2018 at 4:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(January 24, 2018 at 4:02 am)Succubus Wrote: I missed those but I did enjoy the dragon rider series. RIP.

Wasn't that Anne McCaffrey?

Blush offs. Yes it was. Blush

Edit: And what's more I've just looked in my Calibre library and I don't have any Ursula LeGuin. Blush
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm
(January 24, 2018 at 4:39 pm)Succubus Wrote:
(January 24, 2018 at 4:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Wasn't that Anne McCaffrey?

Blush offs. Yes it was. Blush

Edit: And what's more I've just looked in my Calibre library and I don't have any Ursula LeGuin. Blush
(emphasis is mine)

Never too late to remedy that situation. Smile
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 25, 2018 at 12:42 am
(January 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:
(January 24, 2018 at 4:39 pm)Succubus Wrote: Blush offs. Yes it was. Blush

Edit: And what's more I've just looked in my Calibre library and I don't have any Ursula LeGuin. Blush
(emphasis is mine)

Never too late to remedy that situation. Smile

Situation remedied Smile
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RE: Ursula LeGuin dead?
January 25, 2018 at 1:07 am
(January 25, 2018 at 12:42 am)Succubus Wrote:
(January 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: (emphasis is mine)

Never too late to remedy that situation. Smile

Situation remedied Smile

Which did you get?
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