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Ursula K Le Guin: stories for the ages
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Bettmann/Corbis A century from now people will still be reading the fantasy stories of Ursula K Le Guin with joy and wonder. Five centuries from now they might ask if their author ever really existed, or if Le Guin was an identity made from the work
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Winter reads: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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The most extraordinary part of the book is the section in which the Genly Ai and Estraven make an arduous three-month trek through arctic wastes ... ' Photograph: Jack Smith/AP It's a normal man who introduces us to these genderless humans: Genly Ai,
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Margaret Atwood: the road to Ustopia
Bournemouth :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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scene from English National Opera's production of The Handmaid's Tale. Photograph: Tristram Kenton Recently I set out to explore my lifelong relationship with science fiction , both as reader and as writer. I say "lifelong", for among the first
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The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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William Gibson The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1957) The idea of literary "favourites" makes me uneasy, but Alfred Bester's 1957 novel The Stars My Destination has remained very close to the top of my list for science fiction, since I
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Back to the Hugos: The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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They loathe the poor and have ensured they cannot escape poverty and receive only the minimum of education and state support. The health service has been destroyed and those who cannot afford private care are crammed into ancient filthy hospitals
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Back to the Hugos: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Oslo :: Norway | 3 years ago
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It would be unfair to say that the winners of the Hugo award for best novel were all sexist before 1969. True, many of them demonstrated a fondness for big-breasted airheads who are perplexingly eager to service whichever goaty old man is standing in
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Ursula Le Guin leads revolt against Google digital book settlement
Justice :: IL :: USA | over 3 years ago
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The family of John Steinbeck has reversed its decision to oppose Google's controversial plans to digitise millions of books, but a growing chorus of authors led by acclaimed science fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin have registered their resistance to
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Ursula K. Le Guin, Wall-E, Patrick Ness And Nisi Shawl Sweep SF Awards [Awards]
Dare :: East Timor | 4 years ago
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Le Guin has already won Nebula Awards for The Left Hand Of Darkness , The Dispossessed, Tehanu , a story called "The Day Before The Revolution," and a story called "Solitude." (At least, that's according to Wikipedia .) Her latest Nebula comes for
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