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I never read any Ursula K. Le Guin when I was younger. I don't think there was the same awareness of her in my part of Ireland in the 80s and 90s. I always had it in the back of my head to try her writing and when I saw some of her books in a sale locally, I decided to give the collections of her short stories a go. I didn't find them quick reading, but I did find them interesting reading. There were stories I liked better than others (Sur, The Author of the Acacia Seeds) and ones that I know are well written, but I didn't like reading them. Her writing really doesn't remind me of anyone else's. She has a really striking and strong voice of her own. In fact, when I was listening to an episode of Inconceivable on the Incomparable Game Show podcast feed last week and one of the questions was 'name the book from the starting sentence', I could tell it was hers even though I hadn't read the book in question. Her voice had gotten that much into my head.

I also bought A Wizard of Earthsea but I think I need to give myself a breather for a while and read something extremely light. Think it may end up being Auntie Mame.