The language of the night: essays on fantasy and science fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood

Putnam, 1979 - Literary Criticism - 270 pages

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Review: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

User Review  - Karen Myers - Goodreads

Tired of her beating on the feminist drum, but her essays and insights into science fiction and fantasy remain excellent. Esp. liked her comparison of some group writer dynamics in workshops to musician improv.

Review: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

User Review - Goodreads

These essays were written in the 1970s. I was born in '71. I'm glad to say that the world Le Guin indirectly describes is completely alien to me... one where fantasy and science fiction are pooh ...

Contents

• The Book Is What Is Real: 127
• Telling the Truth: 185
• Pushing at the Limits: 207

About the author

Ursula K. Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929. Among her honors are a National Book Award, five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The language of the night: essays on fantasy and science fiction
• Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood
• Editor: Susan Wood
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: Putnam, 1979
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Feb 29, 2008
• ISBN: 0399123253, 9780399123252
• Length: 270 pages
• Subjects: Fantastic fiction; Fantastic fiction History and criticism Addresses, essays, lectures; Fantasy fiction; Fantasy fiction - History and criticism; Fantasy fiction/ History and criticism; Literary Criticism / General; Science fiction; Science fiction - History and criticism; Science fiction History and criticism Addresses, essays, lectures; Science fiction/ History and criticism