Comments on: Happy Birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin!

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:34:35 +0000

Her books were a gateway into speculative fantasy for me. I first read the Left Hand of Darkness, and then The Lathe of Heaven, followed by the EarthSea series in College. She helped shape my impressions and opinions of life and fiction. Happy Birthday!

By: Lisa Poh

Lisa Poh — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:24:29 +0000

Happy Birthday, Ms Le Guin.

I grew up on classic literature, and never touched anything mainstream. Then one day, in a used bookstore, I picked up “The Wizard of Earthsea”. There was no going back for me after that. You are such a blessing .

By: Shweta Narayan

Shweta Narayan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:12:07 +0000

Found this late, but I’d like to say –

Happy Belated Birthday and may you have many more, Ms. Le Guin! You’ve been an inspiration to me since I first went “Huh, A Wizard of Earthsea,” that sounds fun in my school library.

By: Meg Stout

Meg Stout — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:08:17 +0000

Happy, happy birthday!

My husband does us the courtesy of reading aloud whenever we are traveling in the car, and he’s most recently been reading A Wizard of Earthsea to our daughter and me. Still and always a wonderful treat to read/hear your words.

By: kt

kt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:48:31 +0000

Happy birthday to you!

By: Jason D. Wittman

Jason D. Wittman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:30:18 +0000

Happy Birthday, Ms. LeGuin. You are one of my inspirations at a writer. (Though I’ll be lucky if my writing turns out half as good as yours.)

And do keep reminding Margaret Atwood that she really does write science fiction. If there’s anyone out there who can convince her of that, it’s you.

Jason D. Wittman

By: Jorge Luis Pagan

Jorge Luis Pagan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:40:07 +0000

Happy Birthday Miss LeGuin ! Wizard of Earthsea was the FIRST fantasy I read when I was 6 years old. I’ve been in love with the genre ever since.

By: Todd Vandemark

Todd Vandemark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:21:48 +0000

Your work influenced me as a kid, teen, college student, and now as an upstart writer, mid life. Happy Birthday and many more!

By: Richard Parks

Richard Parks — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:06:30 +0000

Your work helped to show me just how good f/sf could be. Many happy returns!

By: John H. Ginsberg-Stevens

John H. Ginsberg-Stevens — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:40:17 +0000

Le Guin’s writing has been a major inspiration for me. I love to read her thoughts on the creative process as much as her fiction. For me, the gateway books were The Word For World is Forest and The Left Hand of Darkness. I discovered the Earthsea books shortly thereafter. All of them blew my little teenage mind at the time with their superb writing and the ideas they contained within their stories.

Folks should go over to the Book View Cafe also to wish her a Happy Birthday: http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2009/10/21/happy-birthday-ursula-k-le-guin/. And then go read her comic Dangermouse!