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1 day ago · Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( / ˈkroʊbər lə ˈɡwɪn / KROH-bər lə GWIN; [1] née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series.
3 days ago · The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction.
3 days ago · G.K. Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936), who thought deeply and originally about the meaning of life, frames these two storytelling responses to reality and the problem of sanity as the fairy tale and the novel. In a fragment from his essay collection Tremendous Trifles ( public library | free ebook ), he writes:
5 days ago · Tales from Earthsea is a collection of fantasy stories and essays by American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It serves as an accompaniment to the five novels (1968 to 2001) of the Earthsea cycle, all set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea.
2 days ago · Portland author Alissa Hattman has made the shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for her first novel, Sift (The 3rd Thing Press, 120 pages, $24.00). After an open nomination ...
1 day ago · Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Books of Earthsea. ... The Philip K. Dick from late July 1969 — right after the moon landing, when “Ubik,” a moon book, was still new on the shelf.
4 days ago · In Ursula K. Le Guin’s essay, “It Doesn’t Have to Be the Way It Is,” she mentions that both science and fantasy are based “profoundly on the admission of uncertainty, the welcoming acceptance of unanswered questions” (Le Guin, No Time to Spare 84). In another essay, “A War Without End,” she adds:
