Ursula Le Guin has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by Karrot_Kream » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:41 PM UTC

Truly the passing of a legend. RIP.

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by tpae » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:42 PM UTC

R.I.P. :(

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by aidenn0 » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:42 PM UTC

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

It is one of mine as well, but I could not remember the source for it, thank you.

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by CandidlyFake » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:42 PM UTC

sciurus wrote: post #8

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16218391 That has more votes at the moment. This looks like a better source, though.

locusmag is a decades old magazine dedicated to scifi. It is a far better source than the nytimes on this matter.

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by Barrin92 » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:46 PM UTC

The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It is possible it does not exist. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

I'm not usually affected by authors passing away but damn this stings a little. One of my favourite authors.

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by tunesmith » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:51 PM UTC

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.

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by d_j_b » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:54 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.

That is a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 10:54 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.

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Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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Post by ACow_Adonis » 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's "the ones who walk away from Omelas".

Short read and available online:https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf

Re: Ursula Le Guin has died

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

CandidlyFake wrote: post #14

sciurus wrote: post #8

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16218391 That has more votes at the moment. This looks like a better source, though.

locusmag is a decades old magazine dedicated to scifi. It is a far better source than the nytimes on this matter.

All I mean is that the obituary linked to at the NY Times contains much more information than the one linked to at Locus. I'm not judging the quality of either source more broadly.