tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312373062948856557.post774759756647027548..comments2023-08-24T08:15:04.934-07:00Comments on Sarita's Book Blog: LHoD, darknessDancing With Feyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312373062948856557.post-91628318814715367102011-09-04T14:46:51.494-07:002011-09-04T14:46:51.494-07:00Now that is something I hadn't thought of. Tha...Now that is something I hadn't thought of. Thanks! :)Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312373062948856557.post-74058802420856629282011-09-03T06:33:59.128-07:002011-09-03T06:33:59.128-07:00I wonder if the negations are related in some way:...I wonder if the negations are related in some way: 'uncomplaining, unhopeful'. This sort of negation used where other people would use a contrary word is in part just a Le Guin stylistic quirk, but they seem to be used deliberately. She uses it in parts of the Earthsea trilogy (probably because of their Taoist underpinnings) and in the slavery stories (many collected in _Four Ways to Forgiveness_), perhaps as a way of showing the negative situation that the slaves are stuck in, and their fatalistic attitude to it.Nixhttp://www.esperi.org.uk/~nix/noreply@blogger.com