Ursula Le Guin has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by pygy_ » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:55 PM UTC

tunesmith wrote: post #16

icebraining wrote: post #7

The introduction to one of the versions of Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite texts about Science Fiction: http://theliterarylink.com/leguinintro.html

Anyone remember the source of the essay about the town where everyone was happy, and how it feels unbelievable until you find it has a horrible secret, which somehow makes it more believable? I think that is her writing.

It is, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16218616

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by newen » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

RIP. The Dispossessed is one of my favorite books.

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Post by celim307 » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:58 PM UTC

The dispossessed. Changed my life. RIP Ursula. You will be missed

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Post by andrei_says_ » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:58 PM UTC

What a loss. A creator of worlds and unimaginable before experiences and understanding through knowing myself in her characters.

An activist and mentor for many writers. This is a sad day.

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Post by Fede_V » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC

tunesmith wrote: post #16

icebraining wrote: post #7

The introduction to one of the versions of Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favorite texts about Science Fiction: http://theliterarylink.com/leguinintro.html

Anyone remember the source of the essay about the town where everyone was happy, and how it feels unbelievable until you find it has a horrible secret, which somehow makes it more believable? I think that is her writing.

It's basically taken almost verbatim from a dialogue between two characters in The Brothers Karamazov. She later said she didn't remember the dialogue at the time but it was stuck in the back of her head and was definitely an influence.

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Post by takk309 » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 11:07 PM UTC

The Lathe of Heaven is one of my favorite novels.

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Post by mjn » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 11:08 PM UTC

Another obituary: https://www.opb.org/news/article/celebrated-oregon-fantasy-a...

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Post by nickbauman » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 11:12 PM UTC

newen wrote: post #22

RIP. The Dispossessed is one of my favorite books.

There are few books that have a single sentence or two that change you utterly. The Dispossessed has that for me.

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Post by nickbauman » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 11:12 PM UTC

celim307 wrote: post #23

The dispossessed. Changed my life. RIP Ursula. You will be missed

Changed me as a person too.

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Post by danharaj » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 11:17 PM UTC

Every time I've read an Ursula Le Guin book, it's changed the course of my life. Both fiction and non-fiction. Her writing always felt like it could weave between all the complications of life to get at the Truth of things.