Ursula K. LeGuin -- Recent and Upcoming Books

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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Expected July 2000
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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark ...

Science Fiction Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin / Hardcover / Expected March 2000
(Not Yet Published)

Recent

Legends 3
Robert Silverberg(Editor), et al / Mass Market Paperback / Published February 2000
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"A stellar compilation." --Booklist (starred review) "A dream team...Legends is the rarest of the rare--an entire collection of original short novels by top fantasy writers....Here is a dab of each writer at the top, a worthy sampler that could yield a reader someone new to enjoy." --USA Today "There's enough color, vitality and bravura displays of mythmaking in this rich sampler...to sate faithful fans and nurture new readers on the stuff of legends still being created." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) "I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was the best selling anthology of the year." --...

The Eye of the Heron (G K Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series) [LARGE PRINT]
Ursula K. Leguin, et al / Hardcover / Published January 2000
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Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

Tehanu
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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In the spellbinding finale to the Earthsea books, Goha is called from Oak Farm to the deathbed of the mage Ogion. She takes Therru with her, and the two are led back through the labyrinth of their former lives, ultimately to their true identities and worth.

Catwings
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.

The Farthest Shore
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea.

Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / Library Binding / Published October 1999
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Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Urras. Reissue.

Wonderful Alexander & the Catwings
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Fisherman of the Inland Sea
Ursula K. Le Guin / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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A collection of stories highlight such objects of the imagination as a starship that sails on the wings of song, musical instruments that are played at funerals only, and orbiting arks designed to save a doomed humanity. Reprint. PW.

The Norton Book of Science Fiction : North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990
Ursula K. Le Guin(Editor), Brian Attebery (Editor) / Paperback / Published June 1999
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A breathtaking collection of contemporary science fiction--67 stories in all. Includes gems by Poul Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Philip K. Dick, Joanna Russ, Theodore Sturgeon, Gene Wolfe, and Roger Zelazny--as well as startling work by today's rising stars.

Sixty Odd : New Poems
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Published May 1999
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Wynn Bullock : The Enchanted Landscape Photographs 1940-1975
Wynn Bullock, et al / Paperback / Published May 1999
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Includes a poem by Ursula K. Le Guin and a biographical essay by Raphael Shevelev. In images of haunting beauty Wynn Bullock explores the ineffability of time and space, the mystery beneath the static surface of reality, and the contradictory and compelling nature of existence itself. Now available in paperback, The Enchanted Landscape, a definitive retrospective monograph of his photographs, confirms Bullock as one of this century's preeminent photographers and celebrates the incandescent brilliance of a true American sage.

The Face of China As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912
Nigel Cameron, et al / Paperback / Published May 1999
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Legends : Stories by the Masters of Fantasy [UNABRIDGED]
Robert Silverberg(Editor), et al / Audio Cassette / Published May 1999
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The first volume in an exciting series of fantasy short novels, as the genre's favorite writers spin new tales in their most beloved series. In this first volume, Stephen King presents an untold story set during Roland the Gunslinger's epic, worlds-spanning quest for the mysterious Dark Tower called "The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria". Robert Silverberg returns to the world of Majipoor and Lord Valentine's astonishing life in "Majipoor: The Seventh Shrine".

Jane on Her Own : A Catwings Tale
Ursula K. Le Guin, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) / Library Binding / Published March 1999
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When Jane, a cat with wings, leaves the safety of her farm to explore the world, she falls into the hands of a man who keeps her prisoner and exploits her for money. Full-color illustrations.

Jane on Her Own : A Catwings Tale (Catwings, No 4)
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Hardcover / Published March 1999
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When Jane, a cat with wings, leaves the safety of her farm to explore the world, she falls into the hands of a man who keeps her prisoner and exploits her for money. Full-color illustrations.

Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Orchard Paperbacks)
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Paperback / Published March 1999
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Catwings Return (Orchard Paperbacks)
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Paperback / Published March 1999
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Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building about to be demolished.

Catwings (Orchard Paperbacks)
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Paperback / Published March 1999
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Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.

The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan O'Malley (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published February 1999
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In the year 2002, George Orr discovers that his dreams are changing the world, and when he falls into the hands of a power-mad psychiatrist, he counters by dreaming up a perfect world that can overcome his nightmares. Reissue. NYT.

Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way
Lao-Tzu, et al / Paperback / Published November 1998
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Now in paperback--a richly poetic version of the Taoist classic by one of America's leading literary figures.

Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching
Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton (Contributor) / Audio Cassette / Published April 1998
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A modern translation of the great Taoist classic by a leading American author. Le Guin's version avoids scholarly interpretations and esoteric Taoist insights and focuses on the "Tao Te Ching's" immediate relevance--its universality, depth, and refreshing humor--showing why it has been so loved over the centuries.

Steering the Craft : Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Ursula K. Le Guin / Hardcover / Published April 1998
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Le Guin, a well-known science fiction writer who also has a reputation for excellence as a writers' group leader, has put down on paper what she instinctively knows about the craft of writing and what she has learned from teaching it. The result is this instructive, supportive guide for writers who desire to be a productive member of a criticism group or want to pursue their art alone. Concerning the latter situation, Le Guin makes an important point: "Group criticism is excellent training for self-criticism, but until quite recently no writer[s] had that training, and yet they learned what th...

Steering the Craft : Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Published April 1998
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Ursula K. Le Guin's extraordinary writing primer is full of charm, wit, and opinion. Le Guin likens writing to "steering a craft," and as one reads through this volume, one has the sense of floating down a river, with the waves of Le Guin's words lapping at one's craft. Le Guin veers sharply from the mainstream of contemporary writing manuals by challenging their very definition of story. While it is common to "conflate story with conflict," Le Guin writes, she finds that limiting. "Story is change," she says. While that change may be the result of conflict, it is...

Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin / Audio Cassette / Published April 1998
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This book illustrates why Le Guin has become one of the most distinctive voices in American science fiction. The premise here is that some poor slob discovers that whatever he dreams becomes reality when he awakes. He's seized upon by a megalomaniacal shrink who uses him to make the world a better place. Only things keep going wrong. Susan Omallie does a mediocre job with this material. Towards the end, one occasionally hears vocal fatigue in the form of dry mouth. There's a line or two that somebody forgot to edit out. Still, the material is strong enough to carry her through all nine sides. ...

The Shobies' Story
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Audio Cassette / Published January 1998
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For listeners who relish keeping the science in science fiction, Le Guin's novella keeps the techies happy. The crew of a test flight experiments with a new stardrive. Bruce offers a clear, direct narration and handles a wealth of unusual vocabulary. The crew and their families include young children, whom Bruce handles ably, making them ring with youthful stridency. The technical production is not up to par with that of the Star Trek series, but it's also not the focus of the story. Part of a group of short, traditional science fiction pieces from AudioText, these add to a genre often overloo...

Dancing at the Edge of the World : Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Published October 1997
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Incisive, eloquent, crackling with ideas, this is a "mental-biography" of the award-winning fiction writer, Ursula K. Le Guin. She draws together essays, travel journals, lectures, informal talks and reviews spanning twelve years, for a fascinating peek into the mind of a remarkable woman.

Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way
Ursula K. Le Guin, et al / Hardcover / Published September 1997
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Like Stephen Mitchell, acclaimed author and poet Ursula K. Le Guin has attempted a nonliteral, poetic rendition of the Tao Te Ching. She brings to it a punctuated grace that can only have been hammered out during long trials of wordsmithing. The wisdom that she finds in the Tao Te Ching is primal, and her spare, undulating phrases speak volumes. By making the text her own, Le Guin avoids such questions as "Is it accurate?" By making it her own, she has made it for us--a new, uncarved block from which we are free to sculpt our own meaning.

The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Published April 1997
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In the year 2002, George Orr discovers that his dreams are changing the world, and when he falls into the hands of a power-mad psychiatrist, he counters by dreaming up a perfect world that can overcome his nightmares. Reissue. NYT.

Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin / Paperback / Published January 1997
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Superbly written tales by a beloved storyteller at the height of her power, this stunning collection of mainstream fiction is, in Le Guin's own words, "explorations of the mysteries of name and time and ordinary living and ordinary pain.".

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