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Ursula K Le Guin, sci-fi and fantasy author, dies aged 88

Ursula K Le Guin, sci-fi and fantasy author, dies aged 88 | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The multi award-winning writer of The Left Hand of Darkness and A Wizard of Earthsea has died at her home in Portland, Oregon
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Obituary from The Guardian
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Classic Appreciation: 'Woman on the Edge of Time' by Marge Piercy 40 years on: 'Hope is the engine for imagining utopia'

Classic Appreciation: 'Woman on the Edge of Time' by Marge Piercy 40 years on: 'Hope is the engine for imagining utopia' | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Marge Piercy, the landmark feminist novel’s author, reflects on the aspirations for a just society that she dramatised in 1976 – and their continuing relevance
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Essay: Now More than Ever, We Wish We Had These Lost Octavia Butler Novels

Essay: Now More than Ever, We Wish We Had These Lost Octavia Butler Novels | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Each month this column will examine an unfinished work left behind by one of our greatest authors. What might have been genius, and what might have been better left locked in the drawer? How and why…
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The essayist is Kristopher Jansma, a Professor and Author of Why We Came to the City, and The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards.
Nava Atlas's curator insight, August 13, 2017 5:21 PM
I don't often read speculative/science fiction but I've fallen in love with Octavia Butler's work. She's being re-examined, discovered, rediscovered by a whole new audience, which will only continue to grow.