Umbhali Ursula K. Le Guin, owaziwa ngokuyinhloko ngemisebenzi yakhe eqanjiwe yesayensi, wadlula emhlabeni ngoJanuwari 22 ekhaya lakhe ePortland Eminyakeni engu-88umndeni wakhe uqobo wabika kwabezindaba.
Kwakuyindodana yakhe, uTheo Downes-Le Guin, oqinisekise lezi zindaba kwabezindaba futhi yize engazange ayichaze imbangela yemvelo yokufa, uphawule ukuthi umbhali ubesempilweni izinyanga.
Ursula K. Le Guin, obabazeka umhlaba wonke wezincwadi, wayeyi- owesifazane wokuqala ukunqoba umklomelo wesicoco se- I-Grand Master yi-Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America (SFWA). Esikhathini eside ngaphambi kwalowo mzuzu, wabonwa njengombhali wesifazane ofake isandla kakhulu ezincwadini eziqanjiwe nasezinganekwaneni.
Owesifazane odumile, uLe Guin wabhala ngezindikimba eziyinhloko zezinhlobo zakhe azikhethile: ubuthakathi nezilo, izindiza zasemkhathini nokungqubuzana kwamaplanethi. Isimilo sakhe sobufazi sibonakala kakhulu kubalingisi bakhe besilisa, okugwema ngazo zonke izindlela ukumnikeza ukuma okujwayelekile kwamehlo amaqhawe amaningi esayensi namaqhawe amnandi akwamanye amanoveli, amafilimu ochungechunge namabhayisikobho. Izingxabano ababhekana nazo ngokuvamile zivame ukubangelwa ukungqubuzana kwamasiko futhi zixazululwe kabanzi ukubuyisana nokuzidela ukuthi ngomdlalo wezinkemba noma wezimpi zesikhala, akukho okujwayelekile noma okubonwayo kumanoveli amaningi amafantasy.
Izincwadi zakhe zibe kuhunyushwe Ukudlula Izilimi ezingama-40 futhi uthengise izigidi zamakhophi emhlabeni jikelele. Eziningana zazo, njenge "Isandla sobunxele sobumnyama", esethwe kwiplanethi lapho ukuhlukaniswa okujwayelekile kobulili kungasebenzi, bebelokhu bethengisa amakhophi cishe iminyaka engama-50. Umgxeki UHarold uqhakaza ichaze umbhali kanjena: "Umsunguli ocabangelayo ophakeme nomlobi wezitayela ophakeme owakhuphula inganekwane yaba yimibhalo ephezulu yesikhathi sethu."
Uma uwuthanda umsebenzi ka-Ursula K. Le Guin kanye / noma ufuna ukwazi okwengeziwe ngaye nangezinye izinhlobo zemibhalo naye ayidlalile, kusasa sizokunikeza okukhethekile okunikezelwe enkumbulweni yakhe.
Lala ngoxolo.