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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
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Ursula K. Le Guin
At last, a major American poet collected for the first time in the sixth volume of the definitive Library of Edition of her works
In his last book, Harold Bloom…
Together for the first time, all 5 standalone novels from the Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer who reinvented science fiction, including one restored to print
Spans from the 1971 classic…
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Ursula Le Guin
Un compendio de relatos, algunos ineditos, de la gran creadora de mundos.
Las historias de Ursula K. Le Guin han dado forma al modo en que muchos lectores perciben el…
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Ursula K. Le Guin's essential guide to the writer's craft, now publishing in the UK for the first time. A guide for writing groups as well as solo writers, with…
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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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Jeremy K Brown
Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the most distinctive and celebrated voices in the landscape of literature. Though often categorized as solely a science fiction and fantasy author, Le…
Poetry by U.S. fantasy author Ursula Le Guin.
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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…
The breadth and depth of Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistrals poetry is passionately translated to English by Le Guin in this landmark bilingual edition.
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…
K Ursula Le Guin
This is a new edition of a poetry book by the American author Ursula Le Guin published in the mid-1970s, Walking In Cornwall. The poems are about a visit to…
Assembles interviews with the renowned science-fiction and fantasy author. In interviews spanning over twenty-five years of her literary career, Le Guin talks about such diverse subjects as US foreign policy…
Description of the seductions - and snares - of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society. This title, an edited collection of original essays on Le Guin’s The Dispossessed…
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, a book that pioneered the feminist science fiction movement.
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…
For the first time, a deluxe collector’s edition of the pathbreaking novels and stories that reinvented science fiction, with new introductions by the author.
Winner of the 2018 Locus Award…
With a new afterword from the author –Jkt.
Redolent of myths, history, nursery rhymes, and the natural world, LeGuin bookends a long, daring, and prolific career.
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.
Newly revised edition of the 2003 Nebula Award winner.
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…
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.
An exceptional combination of history and mythology - ‘an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel’ FINANCIAL TIMES
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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…
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.
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.
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.
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
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…
Talk & essays on how & why fantasy matters –Cover.
Ursula K. Le Guin’s final book was named one of the Five Best Poetry Collections of 2018, by The Washington Post.
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.
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…
