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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 15:12:30 EST
- From: Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <93003.151230SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: a silly question
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- <1993Jan3.130455.11191@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan3.130455.11191@news.acns.nwu.edu>, Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu
- (Albert Lunde) says:
- >>
- >>Graydon
- >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >>saundrsg@ "Praise then Darkness and Creation unfinished"
- >> qucdn.queensu.ca - U. K. LeGuin
- >
- >An ex-muffin.
- >
- >(Like your .sig - I'm also a fan of "The Left Hand of Darkness".)
- >
- >--
- > Albert Lunde | Interfaith | *Y*Y* "A branch on the
- > Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu | Bisexual | *Y* tree of life"
- > | Feminist |.......|.........................
-
- Thanks! (blush).
-
- If you haven't got ahold of 'The Language of the Night' you might
- want to find a copy. (LeGuin's collected essays, criticism, and
- novel forewords.) It has some very interesting stuff about what
- she was trying to do with The Left Hand of Darkness and how well
- she thinks it worked, along with much other neat stuff.
-
- That particular line sat in my head when I re-read Left Hand a couple
- of years ago, and wouldn't go away. (the first time I read it I was
- about 14, and most of it bounced.) The end result was:
-
- Praise then Stone, and the basis of being;
- Praise then Earth, that rooted is life;
- Praise then the Wood, for the green and the growing;
- Praise then Water, for the ebb and flowing;
- Praise then Ice, that life has ending;
- Praise then Fire, and the impluse the making;
- Praise then Air, for the myriad voices;
- Praise then Light, and the persistence of vision;
- Praise then Darkness, and Creation unfinished.
-
- Just like a LeGuin novel to provide the *end* of something. :]
-
- Graydon
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- saundrsg@ "Praise then Darkness and Creation unfinished"
- qucdn.queensu.ca - U. K. LeGuin
-