"In my novel, the peaceable aliens are forced to learn from us how to commit war, while we learn nothing from them. I present this as a tragedy. I understand that the same situation in Avatar is seen as a victory. 'White man teach simple native important lesson: violence solves all problems.' Uh-huh." - Author Ursula Le Guin talks about her novel The Word For World Is Forest the plot of which is strikingly familiar to James Cameron's Avatar.



(from an article by David Hayes in The Times)