Dear Rhea, Le Guin shares her thoughts about Harry Potter -- and an astonishingly wide variety of subjects ranging from Dr Who to Lao Tzu -- in "Chronicles of ...
Here is the Le Guin on Rowling from the Q&A published in the Guardian: Q: Nicholas Lezard has written 'Rowling can type, but Le Guin can write.' What do you...
I recently read Karen Joy Fowler's novel 'The Jane Austen Book Club' (a good read) in which UKL's books have a walk on part. I don't think this counts as much...
Joanna Russ and Carol Emshwiller are leading women SF writers of Le Guin's generation, both still active, both excellent and disturbing writers. Russ is best...
Hannah, I have not read Carol Emshwiller, but I have been meaning to try. Her father was a major SF book cover illustrator turned experimental filmmaker. I...
I'm sorry, Yes... it is Susan that is the daughter. Please excuse the last fifteen years of my mind. Eric ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks David. I've been able to order The Female Man and Sarah Canary from my local library - will report back any comparisons that seem worthwhile! Hannah ...
Hi Hannah! ... I've been meaning to read the Female Man ever since I bought it at a used book store. Perhaps we could read it "together" and discuss it? It's...
Diane Becomes on topic if we compare with UKL I think. And others can join in with this if they want. Haven't got the book myself yet though Hannah ... From:...
OK, cool! Just let me know if and when you get it and start reading and I'll join you. Diane the-ekumen@yahoogroups.com schrieb am 11.10.05 11:51:13: There are...
All Diane and I both have the book now and think we might start discussing how it compares with UKL from 1 November if anyone else is interested in joining in ...
Hi it's the 1 November I thought of 3 things to say: 1. The Female Man was a really slow start. I was about half way through the book before I got involved....
Dear Friends, Please find pasted below a call for papers that may be of interest. Ruth and I would be delighted to receive proposals from members of the Ekumen...
Greetings Ekumenists, I'm a queer 39 year old writer (just completing the last 100 pages of the first draft of my first novel(and of course I'm utterly devoted...
Tyresias Hound
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Dec 11, 2005 7:54 pm
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I'm writing a paper for an English class on Ursula K. Le Guin and I need some help finding a few quotes in "The Left Hand of Darkness". I wrote these down when...
Welcome Bill, to the Ekumen. It has been a bit quiet lately, but every now and again it comes alive with discussion, debate, and occasionally news on Ursula Le...
Thanks for the welcome, Takver. Because of some things that I've experienced in the last seven years or so,that revolution has been hatched in me. I invite...
Tyresias Hound
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Dec 12, 2005 7:22 am
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Hi everyone -- I was just checking Ursula's web site for new stuff and saw a link to a Spanish language fan site called "Las Doce Moradas del Viento" (The...
This is super-duper news! I'm a great fan of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli and will look forward to this venture. I though Howl's Moving Castle was a great...
There's been a little informationa about this posted in the LeGuin community on Livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/community/leguin/10014.html (scroll...
At first I thought "oh god" and then when I saw Studio Gibli I thought "Hooray!" ;) No matter what it's like, it can't possibly be worse than the recent...
... I'm don't have a television and am half blind anyway. I heard about the miniseries and was very excited, though. What turned out to be wrong with it?...
William L. Houts
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Dec 15, 2005 1:24 am
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... They smooshed together Wizard and Tombs of Atuan. It was ALL WRONG! lol First, Ged was white. In fact, the only black character was Ogion. They switched...
... You forgot the Conflict between Reason and Faith. Very important, that Conflict. Theme of the whole movie, according to its makers. Well, Tolkien nailed...
Oh my God. That was MUCH worse than I had imagined. Zombie flyihng monkeys? You don't "reconcile" with the Nameless Ones,what kind of hack did they get to...
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