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CITY OF ILLUSIONS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace G-626. Paperback original. Sixth installment in the author's future history series. Earth has reverted to barbarism. The alien Shing crush all efforts to rekindle learning and science. A leader appears who may be able to help them, but he is himself an alien. Can he be trusted? The third Hainish novel. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 681-66. Reginald 08807.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York... Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. 1974 Nebula award winner and 1975 Hugo award winner for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "The novel reveals the author's understanding of anarchist theories with the idea that the personal and political growth of the individual are complementary ... [With her] complex literary, philosophical, and political construction, Le Guin challenges the idea of utopia itself and sets the basis for what has been called the 'critical utopia' -- an imperfect utopia in progress that, by questioning the very notion and convention of the genre, revitalizes it." - R. Baccolini, Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 174-6. Winner of the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "The novel reveals the author's understanding of anarchist theories with the idea that the personal and political growth of the individual are complementary ... [With her] complex literary, philosophical, and political construction, Le Guin challenges the idea of utopia itself and sets the basis for what has been called the 'critical utopia' -- an imperfect utopia in progress that, by questioning the very notion and convention of the genre, revitalizes it." - R. Baccolini, Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 174-6. Winner of the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
THE DISPOSSESSED: AN AMBIGUOUS UTOPIA.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1974]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Le Guin on the front free end paper. "The novel reveals the author's understanding of anarchist theories with the idea that the personal and political growth of the individual are complementary ... [With her] complex literary, philosophical, and political construction, Le Guin challenges the idea of utopia itself and sets the basis for what has been called the 'critical utopia' -- an imperfect utopia in progress that, by questioning the very notion and convention of the genre, revitalizes it." - R. Baccolini, Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 174-6. Winner of the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-640. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 548-53.
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EARTHSEA ... AN OMNIBUS VOLUME CONTAINING A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN [and] THE FARTHEST SHORE.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1977. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. Collects A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA (1968), THE TOMBS OF ATUAN (1971) and THE FARTHEST SHORE (1972). Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4B-98. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 39. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 629, 630 and 631. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 447-59. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 692-97. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 110-12.
A FISHERMAN OF THE INLAND SEA.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1995]. Octavo, frontispiece by Pat Morrissey, full leather, a.e.g. First limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by LeGuin. Collects eight stories. Includes "Newton's Sleep," a story that "begins in a dystopia of a future North America with a destroyed environment and constant regional wars. The story then moves to a satellite that is supposed to be a eutopia based on reason, but anti-Semitism and the struggle for power undermine the eutopia while, at the end, imagination seems to be beginning to reshape even the physical layout." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
FROM ELFLAND TO POUGHKEEPSIE.
Portland, OR: Pendragon Press, 1973. Wrappers. First edition. Paperback original, printed wrappers. Chapbook format. Of 776 copies this is 1/100 signed and numbered copies. Text of speech given by the author at the second annual Science Fiction Writers' Workshop at the University of Washington in the summer of 1972.
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A man's "dreams affect reality in drastic fashion. A psychiatrist attempts to harness his strange ability in order to make the world a better place, with unfortunate results. An effective parable which reads remarkably like a novel by Philip K. Dick (it was almost certainly intended by Le Guin as a tribute to that writer for whom she has expressed intense admiration elsewhere). Filmed as a TV movie in 1980." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 207. 1971 Nebula and 1972 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-642. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1161-64.
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A man's "dreams affect reality in drastic fashion. A psychiatrist attempts to harness his strange ability in order to make the world a better place, with unfortunate results. An effective parable which reads remarkably like a novel by Philip K. Dick (it was almost certainly intended by Le Guin as a tribute to that writer for whom she has expressed intense admiration elsewhere). Filmed as a TV movie in 1980." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 207. 1971 Nebula and 1972 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-642. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1161-64.
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A man's "dreams affect reality in drastic fashion. A psychiatrist attempts to harness his strange ability in order to make the world a better place, with unfortunate results. An effective parable which reads remarkably like a novel by Philip K. Dick (it was almost certainly intended by Le Guin as a tribute to that writer for whom she has expressed intense admiration elsewhere). Filmed as a TV movie in 1980." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 207. 1971 Nebula and 1972 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-642. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1161-64.
NINE LIVES.
[Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., 1992]. Small octavo, boards. First separate edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Le Guin. Short Story Hardback #30. A short fiction involving cloning. This short story was originally published in Playboy magazine under the byline U. K. Le Guin, later revised for hardcover publication in the collection THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. Nominated for a Nebula Award in 1969.
TEHANU: THE LAST BOOK OF EARTHSEA.
New York: Atheneum, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The final book of the "Earthsea" series, "a book somewhat more mature in its themes and plot." - Barron (ed) Horror and Fantasy (1999) 7-225. Winner of the 1990 Nebula Award for best novel.
THE NORTON BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION: NORTH AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION, 1960-1990.
New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, [1993]. Octavo, First edition. Collects sixty-seven stories spanning a thirty year period representing most if not all the major figures active at this time. Includes a twenty-seven page introduction by Le Guin and brief notes on the authors. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1373 & 14-24.
INTERFACES.
New York: Ace Books, [1980]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback format. Original anthology of eighteen stories. Author's include John Crowley, Avram Davidson and Grania Davis, Michael Bishop, Vonda McIntyre, Ed Bryant, James Tiptree, Jr. and others.
THE ALTERED I: AN ENCOUNTER WITH SCIENCE FICTION by Ursula K. Le Guin and others.
[Carlton, Victoria, Australia]: Norstrilia Press, [1976]. Octavo, First edition. Signed by Le Guin. Collection of stories and other material by the participants of a writer's workshop held in Melbourne, Australia with Le Guin as the writer in residence. Includes a contribution by Le Guin.