But even when her protagonists are male, they avoid the macho posturing of so many science fiction and fantasy heroes. “Godspeed into the galaxy,” Stephen King tweeted, saying Le Guin was a literary icon, not just a science fiction writer. Besides her husband and son, Ursula Le Guin is survived by two daughters, Caroline and Elisabeth Le Guin; two brothers, Theodore and Clifton Kroeber; and four grandchildren. By the early 1960s Le Guin had written five unpublished novels, mostly set in an imaginary Central European country called Orsinia. At the 2014 National Book Awards, Le Guin was given the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Source: thestar January 23, 2018 23:28 UTC