David Thanks for your help. I 'think' I understand what you are getting at: from an academic point of view such speculation about words is unlikely to 'hold ...
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Jul 1, 2004 11:35 am
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... No, I mean that it is unlikely to shed any light on what the author meant, or direct you to think about what she intended you to think about. UKL was quite...
To Ian, Someone recently quoted I don't remember who, saying, don't ask for the meaning of a word, ask for its use. Obviously, Le Guin has a lot of fun making...
Thank you again, David: ... An interesting point. Though, as Ursula says in the Loud Cows piece, it is never twice the same. Texts can take on a life of their...
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Jul 2, 2004 12:24 pm
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Hi Judy Thanks for your interesting comment. Of course, a contextualised word will indicate more clearly the author's intention. The problem, then, is where ...
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Jul 2, 2004 1:03 pm
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Dear Friends (and especially Maya) When I read Maya's story in 'Women being brave,' I can't say that I was that surprised: it was more surprising to me that...
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Jul 5, 2004 12:01 pm
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Anyone understand how these words on page 88 of The Telling are constructed: Biedins system of officials (old word on Aka) Vizdestit joint business or...
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Jul 5, 2004 5:07 pm
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... "when I use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less" On the other hand, ...
Thanks for your reply, Roddy. ... Well... * 'a chiz is a swiz or a swindle as any fule kno' taken from the work of THE GREAT MOLESWORTH I. Used as mild...
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Jul 6, 2004 12:10 pm
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!!!! OFF TOPIC POSTING !!!! ... Weirdly enough, Ian, no. I've been signing off emails for several years that way, but I don't have a good enough archive to be...
Sorry I thought you were trying to demonstrate the way invented words function or not, something like Ursula's. ... Perhaps, I have been reading too much. The...
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Jul 8, 2004 1:40 am
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Ian If you are into trees, read UKLs short story 'Direction of the Road' from 'The Wind's twelve quarters voume 2' Hannah 'Next: THE TREE METAPHORS she kept...
Just thought I'd tell you fine folks about that. Although, I hope that the movie is as good as the book. ... __________________________________________________...
... Thanks for the link, Hannah! Not only was the speech a nice one, the sidebar on the right alerted me to the fact that *Very Far Away from Anywhere Else* is...
See the following link for information on the eartshea mini-series ... when I spoke to the sci fi channel last year they had just started writing the script...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the the-ekumen group: How does the fact that Ged is being played by a white actor make you feel about...
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Jul 19, 2004 6:00 am
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... None of these really capture my view. I'm certainly going to watch it, I wish they had cast a Native American or Mexican actor, I understand why they...
... I too consider this unanswerable. ... I think the character's skin color _is_ essential, but I still might hope for some good in other elements of the...
Well, if those are the only choices I went with the 3rd one. If the characterization is right, if the actor makes you believe that's Ged there in that little...
This is a very interesting question - thanks for putting it out to the group! I was at a talk that UKL gave in phoenix a few months ago, and someone asked her:...
I wonder when the production will be available on video? for us internationals spread out around our pelagic world. Personally, I think Ged should have been...
... However, the cases in which this is true are vastly outnumbered by the cases in which film-makers use this as an excuse to do whatever they want to,...
... because ... same ... my ... Well put David! I was just trying to say there is a certain amount of creative licence in transfering any creative work from...
... anyway ... but the casting choice makes me doubt the directors understanding of Le Guin's world. ... I reply with the first answer. I won't be able to...
... Tony Hillerman (who is on-topic here because he's the only mystery writer whose stories UKL reads -- says so right here on the cover) said something very...
... I confess myself unable to understand how making Ged white puts in shorthand important points of Le Guin's that could not otherwise be conveyed in the...
... It doesn't, not one bit, and I don't mean to imply that it does. See my earlier posting on my feelings about it (in summary: regrettable move, but I can...
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