Great author. Loved her books The Dispossessed, and The Lathe of Haven. Always wanted more.
Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88 - NYT
Ursula K. Le Guin, Whose Novels Plucked Truth From High Fantasy, Dies At 88 - NPR
It’s a sad day. The left hand of darkness is a fascinating novel and describes one of the best alien societies I’ve read about. Also the Earthsea series haves a unique approach to high fantasy (one where feminist-inclined people can read a lot of subtext, specially the later books).
I did read the Earthsea series, also couple of novels. I think they are really good.
o7 Ursula
Was it feminist or just feminine way of see the fantasy?
One of the best fantasy writer 
Born the same day as I am apparently.
I didn’t qualified her view, just pointed some interesting context in those books.
Well i didn’t see it, but read only Earthsee and Ekumen series.
wow you are 88 and you play eve
I was unprecise. The same day of the year not same day and the year. But it would be something. I would fly only the Nestor 
I’ve only read The Left Hand of Darkness, but it was a great one. One of the most memorable SF books I’ve read. Somehow I can still picture a lot of the scenes, as if they’d been in a movie.
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