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Ursula Le Guin
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction tells The Story (of human origin) by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than weapon of domination.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Poetry by U.S. fantasy author Ursula Le Guin.
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Ursula K Le Guin
With a new afterword from the author –Jkt.
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s final book was named one of the Five Best Poetry Collections of 2018, by The Washington Post.
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Redolent of myths, history, nursery rhymes, and the natural world, LeGuin bookends a long, daring, and prolific career.
When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who…
Talk & essays on how & why fantasy matters –Cover.
Newly revised edition of the 2003 Nebula Award winner.
The second volume of collected short stories by multiple award-winner Ursula K. Le Guin, selected by the author herself. ‘She is unique. She is legend’ THE TIMES
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In the final novel of the Earthsea fantasy series, a widowed Tenar finds and nurses her aging friend Sparrowhawk, a magician who has lost his powers.
The celebrated author offers her thoughts on a broad range of subjects, including literary criticism, the state of science fiction writing today, and government and governmental policies.
The National Book Award-winning third novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Le Guin gets a beautiful new repackage. Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are…
The breadth and depth of Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistrals poetry is passionately translated to English by Le Guin in this landmark bilingual edition.
A thrilling fantasy from the bestselling author of the EARTHSEA series ‘She’s showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and…
Sequel to Le Guin’s brilliant GIFTS, the second in her Annals of the Western Shore
The final part of Le Guin’s mesmerising Annals of the Western Isles ‘Le Guin’s storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be’ EMPIRE
With The Birthday of the World, Le Guin once again demonstrates her virtuosity with a superb collection of eight science fiction tales.
In this powerful companion to the celebrated Gifts, conquerors of a coastalcity consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. 5 x7.
An exciting re-launch of the classic Earthsea Cycle, by fantasy literature legend Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of a Newbery Honor, the National Book Award, Pushcart Prize, and six Nebula…
A beautiful hardback edition of the classic Earthsea tale The Other Wind. The perfect addition to any library. With illustrations by Charles Vess.
Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his life by travelling to the mother planet…
This science fiction novel is the story of Winter, an Earth-like planet with two major differences. Conditions are semi-arctic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants…
An exciting re-launch of the classic Earthsea Cycle, by fantasy literature legend Le Guin, first published in 1968 and winner of a Newbery Honor, the National Book Award, Pushcart Prize…
An exciting re-launch of the classic Earthsea Cycle, by fantasy literature legend Le Guin, winner of a Newbery Honor, the National Book Award, Pushcart Prize, and six Nebula Awards. Reissue.
Written by award-winning fantasy writer LeGuin, this book is the second in the Earthsea Cycle trilogy. A mature Sparrowhawk goes on a sailing journey to find the caue of evil…
Arha’s isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.
The award-winning masterpiece by one of today’s most honored writers. An early classic of ecological awareness in SF, and one of the works on which Le Guin’s early reputation as…
Setting the standard for high fantasy, this first installment of the EarthseaCycle trilogy is written by award-winning author LeGuin, winner of the Nebulaand Hugo Awards.
Includes a reading group guide and general questions for discussion
The author presents a collection of nonfiction writings, including essays on such topics as Tolstoy, Tolkien, women’s shoes, Mark Twain, family life, and beauty, as well as autobiographical writings and…
Vibrantly repackaged in a stunning new format, this classic science fiction novel offers "a rare and powerful synthesis of poetry and science, reason and emotion" ("The New York Times"). In…
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels
"One of the greats. . . . Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon." --Stephen King
"Engrossing. . . . [Le…
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Susan M. Bernardo,Graham J. Murphy
This comprehensive analysis of Le Guin’s work will leave readers anxious for her future endeavors. After a biography that focuses on Le Guin’s interest in science fiction, this study delves…
George Edgar Slusser
An examination of Le Guin’s career, from her obscure beginnings in the science fiction magazines to her rapid rise to the top in the 1970’s.
Kate Sheckler
In Ursula K. Le Guin, Consent, and Metaphor, Kate Sheckler presents an alternative approach to understanding metaphor, altering our conception of the form and its effects. She identifies the delineation…
With deliberately vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator describes a mid-summer festival in the utopian town of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on one boy’s perpetual misery. Those Who Leave Omelas…
Ursula K Le Guin (New Directions)
Originally published in two editions in 2012 by Small Beers Press.
Ursula K. Le Guin (New Directions)
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts–always adroit, often acerbic–on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation
From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Beginning Place.
Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to the…
A gorgeous new trade paperback reissue of a beloved tale from literary titan Ursula K. Le Guin.