Great interview

[firecat]

I've been casually following reviews of the Sci Fi Channel's "Earthsea" miniseries, and this led me to the following marvelous interview - actually an online Q&A - with Ursula K. Le Guin in the UK Guardian. It only briefly mentions the "Earthsea" miniseries because it was done in February.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,6000,1144428,00.html

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[firecat]

there is a lot of truth to the whole thing about the author being dead and reader interpretations being what really count.

She addresses that point several times later on in the Q&A session.

As far as the first question was concerned, it asked her what her intention was, and a full answer pretty much required her to mention that she had taoism in mind when she wrote the book and that she didn't intend it as a dystopia. I think if she'd refused to answer on the grounds that the author's interpretation didn't count, it would have been a lot more disrespectful than the answer she did give.