Re: R.I.P. Ursula K. LeGuin
RIP
Not only a wonderful writer, but spawned an entire coterie of good sci-fi and fantasy writers in the Pac NW.
Re: R.I.P. Ursula K. LeGuin
I watched the "Lathe of Heaven" back in 1980 on PBS. The alien looked like a cross between an upright turtle and a lamp post. An amazing image I've never forgotten.
The writing style of "set on a planet where the customary gender distinctions do not apply" must have been novel a half century ago, but I would hope that at least the West has grown beyond that. The initial military column to cross into Iraqi territory in the First Gulf War was led by a female Military Police lieutenant. I served under three female commanders who were excellent officers. Thankfully, our women leaders no longer reside only in fiction.