RIP Ursula Le Guin

Dead at age 88. One of the greatest science fiction writers of all time.

 

Wow, big fan of her work.
RIP

 

The Left Hand of Darkness was my favorite book as a youth.

I remember reading it one summer and feeling cold even though it was 90-plus degrees out.

 

Awww, shit.

A very perceptive quote from the NY Times obit:

“If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly,” she told The Guardian in an interview in 2005. “Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy.”

 

I lov d the Earthsea books as a kid

 

I read LeGuin and Madeleine L'Engle both when I was young. Good stuff.