Comments | grrm: Ursula K. Le Guin, RIP

grrm

Ursula K. Le Guin, RIP

Jan 24, 2018 14:40

I was very saddened to hear of the death of Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the great SF and fantasy writers of the past half century ( Read more... )

writing, life and death, old times

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Earthsea ext_1006053 January 24 2018, 21:59:31 UTC

I hate to be contrary on such a sad post, But I feel compelled to defend Hayao and Goro Miyazakis “Tales from Earthsea” adaption of her books as they are beautiful and I very much enjoyed them.

So sorry for the loss.

Re: Earthsea noybusiness January 25 2018, 17:17:44 UTC

I think Mr. Martin was more referring to the bad Syfy miniseries, since he said "television adaptation".

RE: Re: Earthsea ext_1006053 January 25 2018, 19:51:52 UTC

Maybe, maybe not. Maybe he will respond?

She had a mixed opinion on Goros film herself, but overall did seem to generally enjoy it.

Unfortunately the immediate assumption that it was exactly like Disney got in the way of Miyazaki himself producing it. Under his immediate direction I agree with her completely that it would have been absolutely beyond spectacular. And she’s completely right for feeling the way she did. ( She had a post written about it on her site)

sdschaffer January 24 2018, 22:51:17 UTC

RIP Ursula

I was curious if you knew her very well, given that she was a long established Sci Fi/Fantasy writer. I guess the post above answers that.

octopus_garden January 24 2018, 23:30:22 UTC

Her passing was a loss-and while there are always writers, people who can engross you, really grab you, those are the ones you'll miss the most.

Hell, I still have pangs about Assimov.

A Wizard of Earthsea ext_446116 January 25 2018, 00:21:08 UTC

"A Wizard of Earthsea" was probably my favorite fantasy novel in Middle School. I still think about the shadow that the boy wizard spelled into existence. Haunting.

ext_4490613 January 25 2018, 00:21:41 UTC

"The original Earthsea trilogy occupies a similar lofty position in the fantasy pantheon (though it was badly served by its television adaptation)."

That sounds... familiar...

I MEAN... uh... Sorry for the sour grapes.

I remember reading (and absolutely loving) Left Hand of Darkness for a Sci-Fi and Fantasy Lit class a few years ago (your own A Game of Thrones was originally on the syllabus, but the original professor of the class who was a Medieval Classics expert had to bow out for the semester), and it really stuck with me. As of now, I've only read that and the first of the Earthsea books, but now I think I need to change that.