On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Edward James wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Clarke girls wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I was talking to an Anthropology grad student who like Ursula LeGuin
> > because of the influences she got from her father who is a well-known
> > Anthropologist... I didn't know this about her. Can anyone fill me in?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jacquie
> >
>
>
> Not only was her father, A.L. Korover, an anthropologist, but so was her
> mother: see her lovely book _Isihi, Last of His Tribe_. If you want to
> understand how Le Guin (LE GUIN, please, not LeGuin!) has been PROFOHNDLY
> influenced by that, you need to read the fascinating article by Robert
> Maslen in the Summer 1996 issue of FOUNDATION (no. 67). Even Ursula K.
> liked it!
>
> Edward James
>
Sorry: I am a bad proofreader: that should be A.L. KROEBER, and it should
be ISHI. I apologise for being snotty about LeGuin: maybe that was a typo
too!
Edward
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