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Author Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018.

Title The language of the night : essays on fantasy and science fiction / by Ursula K. Le Guin ; edited and with introductions by Susan Wood
Published New York : Putnam, [1979]
©1979

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Description 270 pages ; 23 cm
Contents I: Le Guin introduces Le Guin A citizen of Mondath
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
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
IV: Telling the truth Introduction to The Altered I (excerpt) -- Talking About Writing -- Escape Routes
V: Pushing at the limits The Stalin in the Soul -- The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen
Bibliographic checklist of Le Guin's work in English / Jeff Levin
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
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.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Author Wood, Susan, 1948-1980.
LC no. 78024350
ISBN 0399123253