End of an era
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:07 amFWIS3
In memory of our guiding lights - Russ, Mike and Charlie - “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest”
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End of an era
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:07 amRe: End of an era
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:46 pmOh, when I got into the car this morning there was a nice story about her on NPR. She seemed well ahead of her time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:49 pmCyborg Girl wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88
Fuck
My sentiments exactly.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:36 pmOne of the giants of the genre, and of writing in general.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:59 pmI think just about everyone who has read Sci-Fiction in the last 50+ years has read some of her books. 
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:34 am"The Left Hand of Darkness" had such a huge influence on me when I was a teenager. I think I'm still realizing ways it spoke to me. 
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:38 pmCyborg Girl wrote:"The Left Hand of Darkness" had such a huge influence on me when I was a teenager. I think I'm still realizing ways it spoke to me.
It’s my all time favorite book. I used to think, many years ago, that women didn’t write science fiction as well as men did. LeGuin blew that idea right out of my head.