Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes, has died peacefully in her home. She has been called a “literary icon” and the “deepest and smartest of the writers”. Her best-known works, the Earthsea series, have been translated into 16 languages and sold in the millions worldwide.
What have you read and how has it affected you?
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Re: Ursula K. Le Guin
I saw this on my newsfeed and was saddened when I did. It is always difficult when someone who creates work that I like passes away. It had been many years it seems since I read Earthsea, and these are the novels that I know her for. After finding out, I borrowed the first book again from the library and began reading. I forgot how much I actually liked the series and what I learned from it. I remember reading the first book during a period of my life, and it taught me how sometimes I have to face my fear head on. I have to chase it in order to overcome it. If I keep running from it, it will chase me until the opposite is true.
I definitely plan on completing the series again as an adult and seeing what else I can take from it because there are many lessons to be learned.
I definitely plan on completing the series again as an adult and seeing what else I can take from it because there are many lessons to be learned.