Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ursula K. Le Guin was a master storyteller who was best known for her "thought experiments" -- like what if there were a planet in which the inhabitants had no fixed gender? Or what if a man's dreams could alter reality around him? She was also a fearless critic, and a trailblazer. But she wasn't all that comfortable being on camera. That was the first of many challenges facing filmmaker Arwen Curry, who was determined to make a documentary about the author. I talked with Arwen about her film, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, and how her subject became a mentor and a friend. (Correction from Arwen Curry: Ursula Le Guin had 3 brothers not 4, and the film will likely be on TV next Spring rather than the Fall.)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds to show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
0:05.1	American Malinsky.
0:06.6	So I was about halfway through my Doctor Who Mini series when something very significant
0:12.0	happened in the world of science fiction, the great novelist Ursula K. LaGuin passed away.
0:17.2	I was thinking about how to address her legacy on my podcast when one of my listeners told
0:23.0	me about a documentary that's being made called Worlds of Ursula K. LaGuin.
0:28.4	The director's name is Arwen Curry and she spent almost 10 years with Ursula LaGuin and
0:33.9	now Arwen is in the final stages of editing the film and putting it together.
0:38.8	Now Arwen's production office is in Berkeley and since I was recently in the Bay Area, I
0:44.0	wanted to stop by and find out more about the film.
0:47.7	And it's funny interviewing someone who does a lot of interviews, who's adjusting her
0:51.1	own mic, and she even anticipated the question that I was going to ask to get her sound levels
0:56.5	because it's the question that all public radio reporters ask.
1:00.1	What'd you have for breakfast?
1:01.7	Um, so I guess it would be oatmeal.
1:04.9	You know my question, don't you?
1:06.9	I've done a little bit of radio.
1:10.5	Arwen actually grew up in Berkeley and she says her father was a big influence on her childhood
1:15.0	imagination.
1:16.6	He was an early player of Dungeons and Dragons and he enlisted his kids and adventures
1:21.3	that went way beyond the manuals.
1:23.9	And his bookshelves were filled with fantasy novels for her to discover, like The
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