Bon Voyage, Ursula. You will be missed.
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‘Rage, rage, against the dying of the light’ I thought, as I watched her slow, steady, speech; thank you for posting that ❤ And may she Rest In Peace & Power 🙏🏼
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I was doing fine watching it until the bit about writers who remember freedom. How perfect is that for today! 😀
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Yes, that got me too. And about the commodification of ‘art’…
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Noooooooo! No! No! No!
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You captured my reaction exactly. 😦
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Cheers to her new adventure!
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Yep, I can see her striding off into the mists with a spring in her step and a twinkle in her eye. 🙂
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I remember the beginning of The Left Hand of Darkness, with the king. Just re-read it. It is magnificent.
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I haven’t read it in quite a while … must put it on the ‘list’. 🙂
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Her writing inspired (and still does) me in so many ways.
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Thus, she will continue to live on. 🙂
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Such a profound, relaxed, and thoroughly well delivered, speech. The clapping and laughter well deserved.
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It was a pleasure to watch. 🙂
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The first, and let us hope, the last.
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I have my doubts. It seems as we grow older the numbers of our heroes of yesteryear who leave us grows too.
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She was such a strong influence on female writers of speculative fiction. A trendsetter. She’ll be missed.
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That she will.
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Hey Widds, sorry to bother you again, but I just read this lovely piece, and felt compelled to share it with you x
https://brevity.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/ursula-k-le-guin-has-gone-on-ahead/
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