Ursula K. Le Guin, Fantasy and Science-Fiction Pioneer, Dead at 88

Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the “Earthsea” books, “The Left Hand of Darkness,” and “The Dispossed,” has died at 88.

January 23, 2018 · 1 min · 71 words · John Acosta

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The New YorkTimesreportsthat Le Guin died on Monday at her home in Portland, Oregon.

The Left Hand of Darkness, published in 1969, imagined a culture of beings with no fixed sex.

I am getting really sick of being referred to as the legendary, she toldTheNew Yorkerin a 2016 profile.

A body and all that.

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