Ursula K. Le Guin – In Memoriam
Jonathan Thornton
I feel I owe you, my readers, something this evening. Why am I so utterly devastated? Why am I going to sleep with a first edition of The Dispossessed under…
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi
Sonia Grace
When we talk about science fiction we divide it up. It’s too big for a single shelf, we have to break it into subgenres and swallow it in pieces. There’s…
Five Favourite Wizards – Guest Blog by Stephen Aryan
Stephen Aryan
Battlemage is an epic fantasy story where overt magic is front and centre, with powerful men and women able to change the very course of the war that has swept…
Unicorns! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Raymond K. Rugg
My regular readers know that I’ve recently revisited some old-school fantasy by re-reading the Thieves’ World books. And one of the anthologies in the shared-universe fantasy series was called Tales…
Gollancz’s Far-Reaching Le Guin Project Revealed & Radio 4 Programme Links
Overlord
Ursula K. Le Guin sits as one of the top 10 most important fantasy writers of all time. The sad fact is though that not enough people have read her…
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Show-Stopping Speech
Eric Christensen
On November 19, Ursula K. Le Guin received the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, celebrating her lifetime of achievement. The author of A Wizard of…
Le Guin to be presented Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, will this year have Neil Gaiman present Ursula K. Le Guin their 27th lifetime achievement award, the Medal for Distinguished…
Witches: Wicked, Wild and Wonderful edited by Paula Guran
Aleksandra Kesek
“Don’t get in a witch’s path. Especially if you are the weaker witch. If you do, be prepared to face her.” – “Bloodlines” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Witches are represented in…
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Travis Anderson
The idea of reviewing a known classic was quite daunting. There’s less to worry about when reviewing a newly released or few months old novel, as there are not yet…
Children’s Fantasy: Eight of the Best – Part Two
Lucy Hounsom
This is Part Two of our look at Children’s Fantasy series. If you missed it, you can read Part One here. The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin Farther west…
The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin
M. M. Beresford
The Wild Girls is a Nebula award-winning novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, republished in 2011. It follows the story of two girls kidnapped and sold into slavery as children,…
Fantasy Book Club – July 2013: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Lisa Taylor
In July our Fantasy School story themed read will be A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. I have heard this one recommended often in the forums, so it…