No Time To Spare and my Hugo Related ballot

I left the Le Guin for last on the grounds that I thought I might actually enjoy it, and I did. Her skill with words and her skill of observation are on such a different level than the rest of this stuff, and, I don't know, her wisdom? Like I'm genuinely interested in what she has to say about random things, in her insight and perspective. (And I'm so ongoingly sad that the world has lost that. Le Guin and Carrie Fisher, man.) (Although I admit I did skip all the parts about her cat.)

For me personally, the most emotional part was when she talked about the kinds of fan letters she did and didn't like - I thought for years, on and off, about writing to her with a question, but never did, and sometimes I'm sad about that, now that the opportunity is definitively past.

(The question, if you're curious - SPOILERS for the entire Earthsea series:)( Read more... )

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