Ursula Le Guin

Ursula Le Guin has died at age 88.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin)

She is one (of several) writers who shaped my response to the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. The three books that affected me most are (perhaps unsurprisingly) her three most famous books:

The Left Hand of Darkness
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness)...
The Disposessed
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed)
and, perhaps most stongly, The Lathe of Heaven
(book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lathe_of_Heaven
TV adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed)

The Wind's Twelve Quarters (a collection of stories) is also a stunning piece of work.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind%27s_Twelve_Quarters)

Her "earthsea" books [beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea)],
most often sold (and thought of) as juveniles are (in my opinion) works of great depth and humanity.

She lived long, she, in her own way, changed the world. She was, and is, a light in the world.