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>The late Ursula K. Le Guin was one of the modern masters of science fiction and fantasy, with her Hainish Cycle and Earthsea series as coveted as they come. Enjoying a career that started in 1959 and ended with her death in 2018, her works established various well-known tropes and inspired many, including Michael Chabon and China Miéville.
>In fact, parallels were drawn between some of her works and Harry Potter, ultimately leading to K. Le Guin becoming one of the most famous critics of the series. When speaking to The Guardian in 2005, she made her thoughts clear after it was noted that she credited Rowling with giving the “whole fantasy field a boost”.
>“I didn’t feel she ripped me off, as some people did,” she replied, “Though she could have been more gracious about her predecessors. My incredulity was at the critics who found the first book wonderfully original. She has many virtues, but originality isn’t one of them. That hurt.”
>A year before this, in a Q&A with the same publication, K. Le Guin was more damning of Rowling and the boy who lived. She said: “I have no great opinion of it. When so many adult critics were carrying on about the ‘incredible originality’ of the first Harry Potter book, I read it to find out what the fuss was about, and remained somewhat puzzled; it seemed a lively kid’s fantasy crossed with a ‘school novel’, good fare for its age group, but stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited.”

Thoughts on picrel?

You know, I always thought she was black.

I cannot think of a woman more based.
In fact, I cannot think of a single other woman who could even be called based.
Truly she was a singular talent.