Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
You will never be as awesome as Ursula Le Guin. It's okay—we've come to accept it, too. She's created more books, short stories, and poems than you can imagine. Seriously, how does someone even produce so many books, let alone get so many awards for them? Overachiever. (Source.)
In the case of Ursula LeGuin versus Google, who will win? She's fighting against the giant search engine to make sure that her work isn't scanned by their machines. All we know is this icon of science fiction is no stranger to fighting for her rights. (Source.)
We know that you love The Lathe of Heaven, but if you are looking for Part Two, you might be disappointed. In this interview, Ursula LeGuin tells us that she thinks that all she has left to write is poetry. No more novels in the future (Source).
Note to film producers: if you are going to produce an adaptation of one of Ursula Le Guin's works, you need to do your research, because if you don't, she'll call you out. She certainly let the producers of her Earthsea film adaptation know that she wasn't too happy that they had whitewashed her cast of brown characters. (Source.)
In case you needed more evidence that Ursula LeGuin is the feistiest old lady you've ever heard of, guess who's taking on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hint: she's one of the most important science fiction authors in the United States of America. Every day, she prints out the number of people killed in these wars and displays it for all to see. (Source.)