Conversation so far:
what influenced le guin?
Le Guin was influenced by fantasy writers.
who were they?
J.
R.
R.
Tolkien, by science fiction writers.
how did they influence her?
her influences, she replied: Once I learned to read, I read everything.
I read all the famous fantasies.
which other fantasy writer influenced her?
including Philip K.
Dick (who was in her high school class.
how did Philip influence her?
CANNOTANSWER.
did she have other influences other than fantasy writers?
by feminist writers such as Virginia Woolf.
and which other feminist writers?
CANNOTANSWER.
what was her biggest influence?
she read J.
R.
R.
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which had an enormous impact on her.

Question: what influence did it have?
Self-contained rewrite: what influence did The Lord of the Rings have?