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I am:Ursula K. LeGuin Perhaps the most admired writing talent in the science fiction field. |
I'm was a big fan of the Earthsea series, so I'm pretty happy with this outcome. I've drifted away from SF since, and haven't read any of LeGuin's work aimed more at adults. What does the blogosphere recommend?
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I usually divide my evenings between the computer and a book, interspersed with the occasional fondle-raid on my wife. Here are a few recommended reads from the past year.
I know I'm about a year late on this, but it was only recently that I finally watched the notorious Sci-Fi Channel version of Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea cycle.
Since some time in the early 80s I've laboured delightedly and intermittently to catch up with Ursula K. LeGuins oeuvre. I've covered her collections of short fiction and essays, and I will soon have her novels done, leaving the poetry and short kids' books.
My erudite friend Florence Vilén (historian of religion, haiku poet, aficionado of gems and clas
The Lathe of Heaven, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed are all fantastic books and are the best introduction to LeGuin's SF.
I was hoping for LeGuin when I took the quiz, but you can't win 'em all.
I've only read her children's works, but I would not recommend the recent follow-ups to the Earthsea series. They're OK, and in some cases better than OK, but they're too hit or miss. Besides, Ged isn't a character in them, and who wants that?
If you do want to read one of her Earthsea follow-up books I recommend the collection of short stories on Earthsea background as the best of the lot.
Frankly, everything she has ever written. More or less in order since her wisdom continues to deepen.
Short stories : 'The day before the revolution' in 'The wind's twelve quarters'; 'Solitude' in 'The birthday of the world'; all four in 'Four ways to forgiveness', then reread the one you didn't like.
'Always coming home'.. read a few random chapters every couple of months. After a few years, when you start to think you know what it is about, argue with her.
When you tire of the intellectual 'Dispossessed' and the rest of the Ekumen, try 'The word for world is forest'.