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Le Guin Peeved About Earthsea Miniseries

Posted by michael on from the hack-job dept.

Several readers have written in with unhappy opinions on the Legend of Earthsea miniseries just aired on the Sci-Fi channel. Ursula Le Guin has also chimed in, with a short but highly critical blurb on her website, and now this dissection on Slate.com.

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  1. Did you slashdot the nice lady's website? by kalidasa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing her next blog posting will be a complaint about Slashdot.

  2. Re:Maybe I should be more familiar, but... by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, you should be more familiar. Ursula Le Guin is one of the greatest living authors of science fiction and fantasy, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards. Her novels include The Left Hand of Darkness, The Lathe of Heaven, and the EarthSea series. She is also the author of a wonderful interpretation of the Tao Te Ching.

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  3. The Dangers of Adaption by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Years ago, I went to a panel discussion at an SF convention about how books are adapted to film. The authors on the panel had all had their works adapted.

    First up was Barry Longyear, whose novel Enemy Mine was turned into a "B" movie. He rattled off a good-natured Hollywood horror story.

    Next was Gary Wolf, whose book Who Censored Roger Rabbit was turned into what I recall was a rather popular movie a few years back. He was wearing the fancy jacket provided to the cast. He got to go to the Hollywood premiere and got very rich.

    When he described getting to sit with Kathleen Turner at a celebratory banquet, Longyear got up and pretended to strangle him.

  4. Re:Okay by WillerZ · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here in the USA, we have these things called "books".

    For real? You guys have books now?

    Phil

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  5. I shut down the nice lady's website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I had to turn the website off temporarily. 90% of you were getting errors, anyway. Sorry, but we're a little hosting company, and a single Slashdot mention can swamp our connection.

    Please get the article from Google's cache, or any of the mirrors mentioned in this thread.

    I'll bring www.ursulakleguin.com back up later.

    Jeffry Dwight
    Ursula's Administrator (among other chores)