The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929-2018)
Language: English
Published by Scribner/Simon & Schuster, New York NY, 2024
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This is the 2024 reprint of the 1979 original featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu as well as the original's introduction by Susan Wood and Le Guin's preface. This copy is in as new condition as a limited printing ARC (Advanced Review Copy) and it will be carefully wrapped for safe shipping.
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- Title
- The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929-2018)
- Publisher
- Scribner/Simon & Schuster, New York NY
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1668034905
- ISBN 13
- 9781668034903
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.” —Ursula K. Le Guin
Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. The book and each thematic section are brilliantly introduced and contextualized by Susan Wood, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a literary editor and feminist activist during the 1960s and ’70s.
A fascinating, intimate look into the exceptional mind of Le Guin whose insights remain as relevant and resonant today as when they were first published.
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