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Published on October 21, 2015
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Happy Birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Tombs of Atuan. Image by Astrid Nielsch.
Author of Acacia Seeds. Image by Dan L. Perlman at ecolibrary.org
The Nna Mmoy Language. Image by Jon Sullivan at wikimedia commons.
Direction of the Road. Image by amada44 at Wikimedia Commons.
A Wizard of Earthsea. Image by Rebecca Guay
The Left Hand of Darkness. Image by Andreas Tille from wikimedia commons.
The Dispossessed. Image by Luca Galuzzi at wikimedia commons.
The Farthest Shore. Image by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Lavinia. Image by Michael Gäbler at Wikimedia Commons.

Today is the 86th birthday of author Ursula K. Le Guin, without whom I would have never wrote all the words on this blog, or any words in general, because I would have missed out on visiting worlds of wizards, dragons, aliens, Italians, anarchists, and ants. In light of this happy occasion, I’ve compiled the pieces I’ve written about her work over the years on Ekostories. To steal a passage from the introduction she did for James Tiptree Jr.’s Star Songs of an Old Primate:

“Here are
Some real stories.”

5 Comments

  1. Clanmother says

    I am celebrating with you – Happy Birthday!

    “The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”
    Ursula K. Le Guin

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    • Isaac Yuen says

      I would. There’s always that fear that your hero(ines) won’t live up to your expectations in person. But I think in this instance they might hold up.

      Reply

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