I once read a short story that was very, very good. I've been searching the web to find it and was led here. The short story was called "The Rule of Names",...
Yes, like others here I suspect, I do have a copy. What was the question? ... =Fred=- The evening breezes... Water lapping lightly against A blue heron's...
Thanks very much for your e-mal. I'm an avid ULG reader & love her stuff. Unfortunately, I haven't been abe to keep up with the website very well, lately,...
What's your question about the story? I've read it and know it pretty well. If you want to buy the book, try http://www.abebooks.com -- a great site that lets...
Hi! I am a newbie here but I like Ursula Le Guin. I had the chance to read a few of her books. My favorite is The Left Hand of Darkness and the first book of...
So I'm about five or six stories into UKL's new book Changing Planes, and while I want to avoid saying anything too spoilerish at this point, I just had to say...
Hi Annik, welcome, I agree that Left Hand of Darkness and Wizard of Earthsea are really fine books - but so are a lot of her later ones. I envy you for only...
I'm about five or six stories into KALPA IMPERIAL, written (in Spanish) by Angélica Gorodischer and translated by Ursula K. Le Guin, and it is wonderful. As a...
... They both attended Wiscon this year, and I saw them in the same place at the same time, so I can confirm that Gorodischer does exist as a separate entity!...
Thanks Dave, I'm on the library waiting list for it and you've just whetted my appetite nicely. I agree that her last few books have been among her best, it is...
Um - hello from someone who lurks & never posts :-). Anyway, the topic of cover art came up a long while back. On a related note, I do think that Eric...
... I must say I discovered her book pretty late. I had read the Wizard of Earthsea late in High School but soon forget it because I could not find other of...
... The kind of light but sly wit in the introductory piece is something I've previously seen only in some of her occasional pieces, like some speeches and her...
... Yes, "Intracom" is laugh-out-loud funny; it would definitely belong on a list of UKL's top five funniest pieces. "The Author of the Acacia Seeds" would...
... I think it's a very nice touch that one of the women there, as well as in one or two other illos, is visibly UKL, making her the "unnamed narrator". -- ...
... Hello back, and thanks for posting. ... I agree -- they're really wonderful and really add a lot to the book. ... I got a huge kick out of that one, too....
Dave and David, One of my favorite examples of Le Guin's humor is in TEHANU, when Tenar sees Ged matter of factly begin doing the dishes, whereas her husband...
I'm curioius to hear how other people interpreted "Feeling at home with the Hennebet." This is how I see it- The Hennebet, as they age and make choices, are...
... Greta, I really enjoyed reading your interpretation, and at first glance it makes a lot of sense to me, and brings the story into sharper focus. I don't...
Several months ago when I was surfing http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ I read an essay written by Ms. LeGuin talking about genre classifications of literature and...
UKL's Bryn Mawr Commencement Address (1986), previously published in Dancing at the Edge of the World, is now available online, by permission, on Serendip at...
She's interviewed this month in "The Writer's Chronicles." The interview is not posted on the AWP website but there is info on how to get the journal: ...
Hey! Found this by chance in the library: Index on Censorship 6/96 'Lost Words', an issue given over to fiction. In it was a UKL story, 'The Diary of the...
Hi Roddy, I was thinking it was time someone got some conversation going again. Thought - recognise that story title isn't it part of The Compass Rose ...
Hey Hannah! I don't know or use the I Ching. On the other hand, I'm very fond of quotes (and proverbs, riddles, and cliches), as a way of responding to any...
My daughter is a little over 3 years old. She is enjoying the Le Guin childrens book, Fire and Stone. It's her first introduction to Le Guin. She has had me...
