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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

65. Ursula K. Le Guin / Remembering the Classic Tales of Ray Bradbury

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2012

⏱️ 73 minutes

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0:00.0

Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

0:13.0

And here are your hosts.

0:16.0

John Joseph Adams and David Barr-Kirtley.

0:19.0

Hi, this is Dave, and this is Dave.

0:23.0

And this is John.

0:25.0

And welcome to episode 65 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

0:29.0

Our guest today is legendary author Ursula Kay Le Gwyn,

0:32.0

who is the first writer to ever have two books, win both the Hugo and Nebula awards.

0:37.1

Her novels include The Left Hand of Darkness, about an alien world on which gender is both temporary

0:41.6

and fluid, a Wizard of Earth Sea, about a brash

0:44.8

young wizard who unwittingly unleashes a great evil, and the lathe of heaven about a scientist

0:49.7

who attempts to remake the world, using a man whose dreams become reality.

0:54.0

Then stick around after the interview as we discuss the life and works of Ray Bradbury with guest geek Rajun Khanah.

1:00.0

All right, so let's get to our interview.

1:03.0

All right, so we're here with Ursula Kaleug Wynne.

1:05.0

Welcome to the show.

1:07.0

Thank you.

1:08.0

Okay, so first of all, it's been reported that some of the protesters at Occupy Oakland have been carrying

1:13.4

shields in the image of books, including your novel The Dispossessed.

1:16.9

Just how do you feel about that?

1:19.2

Terrific.

1:20.9

I am proud and happy that a book and actually a book printed quite a long time ago now is still making some waves and being of some use to people thinking about this stuff.

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