Hi there; I'm obviously new to this forum and I'm really glad to have found a place where LeGuin fans can discuss her work; I don't know anyone like that in my...
Thought you all might be interested in this article in the Guardian, about Kim Stanley Robinson's disgust with the Booker Prize selection process, and judges'...
did you know that brewing was once quite a female preserve, and there was a word for women who brewed, brewster? Hannah ... From: Diane Severson To:...
Thought people might like to read this http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/29/margaret-atwood-year-of-flood UKL quite often reviews books for the...
I just finished reading Susanna Clarke's novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and in doing some follow-up reading I was pleased to see that she gives Le Guin...
I am new to this group but a life-long admirer of Ms Le Guin's works, ever since being obliged to read "A Wizard of Earthsea" in High School. I'm writing an...
Interesting interview on Radio NZ National this morning: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20090718 ... Ursula Le Guin: Virgil, fantasy and...
... Kathleen, your post leads me to say three things Thank you for reminding me about Orsinia. In my memory it is one of the high places, one of the places...
Have you ever been lost in a fantasy or science fiction book and felt like the story world was real? I am currently working on my dissertation as part of my...
Hi, I joined the list last night, I'll try and type this quickly and then get on with the many other things I have to do! Unfortunately this group seems dead,...
UKL's novel Powers received a Nebula Award for Best Novel from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, announced last night. Here's the full list:...
... "April in Paris" is Le Guin's second (published) short story. Her first short story is "An die Musik", and this story is located in her Orsinian universe...
Has anyone read Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle? I read it a few years ago, and it became my new favourite book, altho I still think of The Dispossessed as...
Hello everyone. I'm pretty new and pretty old, in the sense I've been a member of the ekumen in the past. Unluckily I'm not able anymore to use that email ...
Neste sábado, dia 21 de junho, será realizado na Livraria Cultura um evento especial para o lançamento da nova edição de A Mão Esquerda da Escuridão,...
Recent posts attached to Peter Seyferth's announcement of his newly published book have mentioned Le Guin's anarchism. Let's not draw attention away from...
Ursula Le Guin has a new book just released: Lavinia "Her new book is Lavinia, partly a conversation with the poet Virgil and starring one of the minor...
Dear list members, I am proud to announce that my PhD thesis has now been published as a book, just as I signalized one year ago (in message #1596 from May 1st...
Hi! I want to examnine UKL's changed perspective on feminism in the Earthsea series, but get no access to "Earthsea Revisioned". Is there somebody who could ...
Hi Ekumenicals, I don't think this has been mentioned here yet, but the third book in UKL's "Annals of the Western Shores" series is out this month. (I think...
It seems as though "the Wild Girls" isn't published in a collection (yet). It was published in 2002 in Asimov's (which is where I found it, online, for free)...
This was an interesting story, in LeGuin's typical calm style. There's a brief look at slavery, justice and the nature of such things in a society which is...
Hello Everyone! I'm afraid this is a bit off-topic and a bit of a selfish plug, but I'm sure more than a few of you will be interested anyway, so please ...
It's very unlike me to promote fancy new technologies (or I would not be on this list), but it brought a smile to my face when I read this article, which I...
While I'm writing to this list, I thought I'd mention another thing that happened today. After great struggles, I finally succeeded in wresting a small, black ...
Hi, my name is Mick and I'm a big ULK fan but not encyclopaedic knowledge. I windered if anyone out there could suggest where I might find info on ULK's...
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