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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html Fuuuuuuck that sucks. Some of my favorites of hers: The Dispossessed Left Hand of Darkness A Wizard of Earthsea the Tao Te Ching (yes, really) It's not often you find an author who changes the way you look at life, but she was certainly one.
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I only read Earthsea, and only as an adult, but I was floored at how original it still felt. She never got the true props she deserved.
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Jan 24, 2018 06:26
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why a book change ur life op
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lol i you think i know who this is without seeing a picture, just lol
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Jan 24, 2018 06:27
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who?
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let it mellow posted:why a book change ur life op put down the bong and get your life together with the power of books, loser. Seriously though, that's too bad. She was a true pioneer, and just a brilliant and evocative writer to boot.
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Jan 24, 2018 06:28
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Love Rat posted:put down the bong and get your life together with the power of books, loser. oh was it elves or dwarves in the book
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Jan 24, 2018 06:31
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viral spiral posted:who? Hell Yeah posted:lol i you think i know who this is without seeing a picture, just lol *Takes ur Nerd Cred cards* *Rips them to bits* *Throws the confetti right in your faces, then walks away from Omelas*
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Jan 24, 2018 06:32
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let it mellow posted:why a book change ur life op Read one of her books and find out!
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Jan 24, 2018 06:32
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Guindolences
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Jan 24, 2018 06:33
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I read part of the dispossessed and it was ok
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Jan 24, 2018 06:35
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https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/955948316851916800 https://twitter.com/neville_park/status/955938914203852802
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Jan 24, 2018 06:35
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She wrote a translation of the Tao te Ching?
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Jan 24, 2018 06:35
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Lets Pickle posted:Read one of her books and find out! not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 24, 2018 06:36
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let it mellow posted:not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead obviously you're not an intellectual 
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Jan 24, 2018 06:37
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let it mellow posted:not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead Why didn't you enjoy my autobiography
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Jan 24, 2018 06:39
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let it mellow posted:not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead Did it give any good tips?
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Jan 24, 2018 06:40
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what the gently caress is a book lmao
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Jan 24, 2018 06:40
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let it mellow posted:not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead
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Jan 24, 2018 06:40
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I read The Dispossessed in college. I don't remember much about it at all.
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Jan 24, 2018 06:43
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Nooooooooo! I just started to get into her stuff! She’s amazing! First Iain M. Banks and now UKLeG. Do authors just die when I discover them?
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Jan 24, 2018 06:43
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Who? Judging by the book titles it sounds like some pathetic nerd poo poo. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 24, 2018 06:52
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let it mellow posted:oh was it elves or dwarves in the book *Man with cartoon avatar, on the topic of one of the most influential and praised science fiction and fantasy authors of the twentieth century, a woman who was frequently set next to Shelley and above Tolkien by serious literary critics, listed in Bloom's Western Canon, and declared a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress* She wrote about make-believe? How droll!
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Jan 24, 2018 06:53
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The first wizard of Earthsea book was a cool. Gatta keep reading the rest of the series.
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I especially liked Left Hand of Darkness. Good stuff. e. vv Yes. phasmid fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Jan 24, 2018 06:57
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let it mellow posted:not without a real explanation , book barn told me to read some series that had dudes loving holes in the ground because it was smart poo poo and it was hot garbage instead Real answer is that she creates elaborate sci-fi or fantasy worlds but more importantly puts deep, interesting, RELATABLE characters in them who have meaningful interactions with each other and learn about themselves and the world as the story progresses. When characters talk to each other the dialogue feels natural and her prose feels easy to read, while still utilizing a large range of vocabulary.
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viral spiral posted:who?
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baalaagaa posted:Who? Judging by the book titles it sounds like some pathetic nerd poo poo. Should be right up your alley then boss. Get cracking. I expect full 500 word report on the Earthsea series by Friday.
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Jan 24, 2018 07:05
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Apparently time to read. Thanks op.
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Jan 24, 2018 07:08
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Left hand of darkness was not for me. I only like books with cis gendered characters.
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Jan 24, 2018 07:09
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i liked her best for her literary criticism of other authors which i always felt was extremely fair
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Jan 24, 2018 07:10
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She always seemed like the kind-of old lady who kept the most excellent teas stocked in her cupboard.
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Otto Von Jizzmark posted:Left hand of darkness was not for me. I only like books with cis gendered characters. 
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Jan 24, 2018 07:17
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been wanting to reead some good sci fi, so I think I will buy the first earthsea book since people have said good things
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Jan 24, 2018 07:24
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this one actually stings
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Jan 24, 2018 07:25
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I read Rocannon's World at the same time I read Dune for the first time as a kid and it was on par, and still is.
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Jan 24, 2018 07:27
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I think I read The Dispossessed. I didn't get it at all at the time (9th grade).
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Jan 24, 2018 07:35
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let it mellow posted:oh was it elves or dwarves in the book Earthsea is a good enough series not to have elves or dwarves in it.
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Earthsea was a fantastic book. I also really loved the sequel about the girl who's a priestess for dead gods but didn't get into the other two in the series. Probably some of the only fantasy novels I can think of that I enjoyed and felt had some sort of literary worth, mainly because the whole feel of them was completely counter to the usual swords and sorcery egotism that normal fantasy has, and and the magic felt magical and sort of mythical instead of that bullshit wingardium leviosa stuff. Never read any of her sci-fi though except for the short story about the old woman revolutionary who dies the day after the revolution comes, which I thought was cool. It sucks that she's dead but as far as I know she had a good life even if she was under-appreciated, so I'm not too sad. 88 is a good age to die.
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Thank god reading a boring rear end book isn't on this list. I'm already late for my woods orgy.
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