Description |
270 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
I: Le Guin introduces Le Guin A citizen of Mondath |
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II: On fantasy and science fiction Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons? -- Dreams Must Explain Themselves -- National Book Award Acceptance Speech -- The Child and the Shadow -- Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction -- From Elfland to Poughkeepsie -- American SF and The Other -- Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown -- Do-It-Yourself Cosmology |
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III: The book is what is real Introduction to Rocannon's World -- Introduction to Planet of Exile -- Introduction to City of Illusions -- Introduction to The Word for World Is Forest -- Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness -- Is Gender Necessary? -- The Staring Eye -- The Modest One -- Introduction to Star Songs of an Old Primate |
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IV: Telling the truth Introduction to The Altered I (excerpt) -- Talking About Writing -- Escape Routes |
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V: Pushing at the limits The Stalin in the Soul -- The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen |
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Bibliographic checklist of Le Guin's work in English / Jeff Levin |
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Introduction / Susan Wood |
Summary |
A collection of twenty-four essays concerned with writing in general, the field of fantasy and science fiction, and with the author's own writing |
Analysis |
Fantasy fiction History and criticism |
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Science fiction History and criticism |
Notes |
Publishers vary |
Bibliography |
"Bibliographic checklist of the works of Ursula K. Le Guin, by Jeff Levin": pages 237-270 |
Subject |
Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Author |
Wood, Susan, 1948-1980.
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LC no. |
78024350 |
ISBN |
0399123253 |
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