Keberoxu, that's sad news.

Back in the late '70's I was doing an Honours year in English Literature, and one of the electives was Fantasy & SciFi. I wrote my dissertation on Ursula Le Guin.

I have read all of her novels including the Earthsea Trilogy, and still have them all on my bookshelf. I also read as much as I could of Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, C.J. Cherryh, Louise Cooper, etc. I was reading the male authors too, but I liked the different world view presented by the women.

Ave atque vale, Ms Le Guin.