![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I read her nonstop growing up and read her still. This short collection, offering samples from across Le Guin's career to date, shows why she has been a major voice in science fiction and fantasy since the 1960s - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Settings of 20 stories, all previously anthologised, include both the science fictional Ekumen, a community of worlds populated by humans shaped by the hubristic Hain of the distant past, to such fantastical realms as the West Reach, "where dragons breed on the lava isles." Le Guin's imagination ranges widely the most interesting sequence involves the world Seggri, whose gender politics are charmingly different from ours but equally constrained. Second of a two-volume set, this bare-bones collection focuses on SFWA GRAND MASTER Le Guin's overtly fantastic visions. For this reason her stories will pass into legend, to touch many generations to come - GUARDIAN Le Guin manage the sublime trick of touching our hearts while also satisfying our cynical, modern minds. Lewis, fall too easily into the traps of dogma and moral superiority, making their medicine sometimes hard to swallow. But many otherwise great fantasy writers, including J.R.R. The metaphorical language of fantasy has the capacity to touch us in the most profound ways. ![]() Praise for The Unreal and the Real Volume 2: Selected Stories of Ursula K. ![]()
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