Ursula K. Le Guin
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Sci-Fi Titan Le Guin Wanted To 'Stand Up And Be Counted' As A Writer With Kids
Ursula K. Le Guin, who wrote popular science fiction and fantasy books from a feminist perspective, died on Monday at the age of 88.
Ursula K. Le Guin on Being a Woman Science Fiction Author in a Male-Dominated World
Le Guin has a new collection of essays called "Dancing at the Edge of the World," about her life as a writer of genre fiction, her perspective as a woman sci-fi author who is also a mother, and the various tropes she explore in her classic works, like 1969's gender-themed "Left Hand of Darkness."