Ursula K Le Guin on TV
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Derek Smith

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266 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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BBC 4 have an hour's programme dedicated to Ursula K Le Guin, the science fiction author, amongst other titles.

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bh0x

10 pm Sunday, but will also be of iPlayer following its broadcast.

Her books are hardly the genre norm, but are entertaining reads nonetheless.


randlemarcus

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249 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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Derek Smith said:
Her books are hardly the genre norm, but are entertaining reads nonetheless.
Eh? Maybe they looked out of place against Clarke when they came out, but they now form a core part of the genre. She pretty much defined the cooperative dragon genre for goodness sake.

br d

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244 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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I've always loved Orsinian Tales, great storytelling.