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Also by Ursula K. Le Guin:

The Word for World Is Forest, November 2026
Trade Paperback
Dispossessed, The [50th Anniversary Edition], November 2024
Paperback / e-Book
The Language of the Night, May 2024
Paperback / e-Book
The Books of Earthsea, November 2018
Hardcover
Steering the Craft, September 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Brave New Worlds, February 2011
Paperback
Lavinia, May 2008
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A Wizard of Earthsea, October 2006
Paperback

THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT
By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Scribner
May 2024
On Sale: May 14, 2024
304 pages
ISBN: 1668034905
EAN: 9781668034903
Kindle: B0CL5FBR71
Paperback / e-Book
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Fantasy | Science Fiction

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.