Ursula K Le Guin

[frayadjacent]

 For the last ten years or so, every time I’ve seen Ursula K Le Guin’s name in the news, I’ve had a jolt of fear that she’d died. It snuck up on me this morning, reading Dreamwidth bleary-eyed over my coffee. I’d like to write a proper post about how much her writing has meant to me, but for now I just want to mark the moment. I wonder what is happening at her beloved Powells in Portland today. I wish I could be there for it. 

Comments

[dolorosa_12]

I was just heading off to bed when I heard she had died, and my first reaction was a howl of nooooo. She seemed so eternal, and I, like you, can't quite put what she meant to me into words right now.

[frayadjacent]

Yeah -- her work is definitely moving up my read/re-read list for 2018.

[sanguinity]

One of the last times we went to hear her speak, it was with the worry that it might be the last. It wasn't the last, as it turned out, but there was always that echo of feeling, these last years. Along with the absolute conviction, somehow, that she'd be here offering commentary forever.

So many of us feeling her loss today.

[frayadjacent]

I can only imagine. I never met her or saw her speak, so the only parts of her I got to know know -- her writing -- are still here. Hugs to you.

[gwyn]

NGL, I seriously thought about getting in the car and driving down to Portland when I heard. I know they will do it up right.

[frayadjacent]

I'd have felt the same if I still lived in Seattle!

[silveradept]

There are a lot of possibilities on what could happen there. I wouldn't be surprised if a couple different rituals didn't play out in that space.

[frayadjacent]

Yes, definitely.

[anoel]

*hugs* I was and am thinking of you <3

[frayadjacent]

That's so kind -- thank you.

[sanguinity]

From an article I was reading about her anarchism...

[frayadjacent]

Oh <333333

Thank you for sharing this.