Ursula K. Le Guin: Difference between revisions

[[Ursula K. Le Guin]] was(October a21, prolific1929 writer– January 22, and2018) was mosta prolific writer best known for her [[Speculative Fiction]] novels, although she also wrote poetry, nonfiction, and young adult novels. Her works often explore cultural, sociological, ecological, or feminist themes; [[wikipedia:Anarchism|anarchism]] and [[Taoism]] also occasionally shows up subtly (she was probably the best-known Western Taoist and wrote both a commentary on and translated the ''Tao Te Ching'') or, in the case of ''The Dispossessed'', not so subtly (Anarres is an anarcho-communist society; but then again, the subtitle is ''An '''''Ambiguous''''' Utopia'', and a central theme of the work is that Anarres has decayed in the years since its founding due in no small part to ideology and bureaucracy replacing revolutionary fervour). Her works have greatly influenced modern [[Fantasy]] and [[Science Fiction]] authors, with systems, words, and ideas from her works showing up so often that some have become tropes in and of themselves. One of these was her coining of the word [[Subspace Ansible|ansible]], which has appeared in numerous scifi works since.