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Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 by Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer Press, October 18, 2016, 978-1-61873-134-0, $24.00, iv + 316pp, hc, nf)     Details taken from online listing. · The Mind Is Still · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm The Kenyon Review Fall 1979 i · Foreword · Ursula K. Le Guin · fw 3 · The Operating Instructions · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Wave in the Mind by Ursula K. Le Guin, Shambhala Publications, 2004 written in 2000 as a talk to a group of people interested in local literacy and literature. 7 · What It Was Like · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 9 · Genre: A Word Only a Frenchman Could Love · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 ed. Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin & Jeffrey D. Smith, Tachyon, 2004 16 · “Things Not Actually Present”: On Fantasy, with a Tribute to Jorge Luis Borges · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 21 · A Response, by Ansible, from Tau Ceti · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 2005 from The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed ed. Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman, Lexington Books, 2005. 26 · The Beast in the Book · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 35 · Inventing Languages · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 41 · How to Read a Poem: “Gray Goose and Gander” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 44 · On David Hensel’s Submission to the Royal Academy of Art · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 45 · On Serious Literature · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Rosebud #40, Winter 2007 47 · Teasing Myself Out of Thought · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 51 · Living in a Work of Art · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 66 · Staying Awake · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2008 75 · Great Nature’s Second Course · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 81 · What Women Know · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 88 · Disappearing Grandmothers · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 95 · Learning to Write Science Fiction from Virginia Woolf · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 97 · The Death of the Book · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 104 · Le Guin’s Hypothesis · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 107 · Making Up Stories · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 113 · Freedom · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 116 · A Very Good American Novel: H. L. Davis’s Honey in the Horn · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 120 · Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 127 · Huxley’s Bad Trip · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 133 · Stanislaw Lem: Solaris · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 137 · George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 139 · The Wild Winds of Possibility: Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 143 · Getting It Right: Charles L. McNichols’s Crazy Weather · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 149 · On Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 151 · Examples of Dignity: Thoughts on the Work of Jose Saramago · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 165 · Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: Roadside Picnic · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 169 · Jack Vance: The Languages of Pao · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 173 · H. G. Wells: The First Man in the Moon · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 179 · H. G. Wells: The Time Machine · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 184 · Wells’s Worlds · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 192 · Review of Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 195 · The Year of the Flood · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2009 [Ref. Margaret Atwood] 200 · Stone Mattress: Nine Tales · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2014 [Ref. Margaret Atwood] 203 · Kingdom Come · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2006 [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 206 · Review of Monsieur Pain by Roberto Bolano · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 209 · Review of When the Killing’s Done by T. C. Boyle · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 212 · Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 215 · The Complete Cosmicomics · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Italo Calvino] 219 · Review of The Sea Lady by Margaret Drabble · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 222 · Carol Emshwiller: Ledoyt · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 227 · Boneland · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Alan Garner] 230 · Kent Haruf Benediction · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 233 · Kent Haruf: Our Souls at Night · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 236 · Tove Jansson: The True Deceiver · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 239 · Barbara Kingsolver: Flight Behavior · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 243 · On Such a Full Sea · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Chang-Rae Lee] 246 · The Cleft · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2007 [Ref. Doris Lessing] 249 · Donna Leon: Suffer the Little Children · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 251 · The High Mountains of Portugal · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Yann Martel] 254 · Embassytown · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. China Miéville] 257 · Three Moments of an Explosion · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. China Miéville] 260 · The Bone Clocks · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. David Mitchell] 264 · Hav · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Jan Morris] 268 · Review of The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 272 · The Enchantress of Florence · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2014 [Ref. Salman Rushdie] 276 · Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights · Ursula K. Le Guin · br 2015 [Ref. Salman Rushdie] 281 · Jose Saramago: Raised from the Ground · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 285 · Jose Saramago: Skylight · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 288 · Sylvia Townsend Warner: Dorset Stories · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 291 · Among Others · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Jo Walton] 294 · The Stone Gods · Ursula K. Le Guin · br [Ref. Jeanette Winterson] 297 · Stephan Zweig: The Post Office Girl · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar 301 · The Hope of Rabbits: A Journal of a Writer’s Week · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar

Edges ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd (Pocket Books, November 1980, 0-671-83532-7, $2.50, 239pp, pb, oa)     Thirteen New Tales from the Borderlands of the Imagination. 9 · Introduction · Ursula K. Le Guin · in 15 · The Ballad of Bowsprit Bear’s Stead · Damien Broderick · nv 58 · Omens · Carol Emshwiller · ss 65 · Touch the Earth · Scott Sanders · ss 85 · The Other Magus · Avram Davidson · vi 88 · Peek-a-Boom · Sonya Dorman · ss 93 · Suzanne Delage · Gene Wolfe · ss 99 · The Finger · Naomi Mitchison · ss 108 · Barranca, King of the Tree Streets · Lowry Pei · ss 114 · Thomas in Yahvestan · George P. Elliott · nv 140 · The Vengeance of Hera · Thomas M. Disch · ss 153 · Falling · Raylyn Moore · ss 163 · Father returns from the Mountain · Luis Urrea · ss 169 · The Oracle · M. J. Engh · na

Interfaces ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd (Ace, February 1980, 37092-6, $5.95, 310pp, tp, oa) v · Introduction · Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd · in 1 · The Reason for the Visit · John Crowley · ss 11 · Set Piece · Jill Paton Walsh · ss 15 · Everything Blowing Up: An Adventure of Una Persson, Heroine of Time and Space [Jerry Cornelius; Una Persson] · Hilary Bailey · nv 43 · The New Zombies · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · ss 59 · Earth and Stone · Robert Holdstock · nv 97 · A Short History of the Bicycle: 401 B.C. to 2677 A.D. · Michael Bishop · ss 115 · Shadows, Moving · Vonda N. McIntyre · ss 128 · The Trumpeter Swan · Laurence Josephs · pm 129 · Lose, Place and Show · Laurence Josephs · pm 131 · The Pastseer · Philippa C. Maddern · nv 153 · Hunger and the Computer · Gary Weimberg · ss 159 · Household Gods · Daphne Castell · ss 175 · Bender, Fenugreek, Slatterman and Mupp · D. G. Compton · ss 191 · Precession · Edward Bryant · ss 207 · A Criminal Proceeding · Gene Wolfe · ss 215 · For Whom Are Those Serpents Whistling Overhead? · Jean Femling · ss 229 · The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild · Michael G. Coney · ss 245 · The Gods in Winter · Sonya Dorman · pm 251 · Slow Music · James Tiptree, Jr. · na

Nebula Award Stories 11 ed. Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz, November 1976, 0-575-02151-9, £4.20, 255pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ursula K. Le Guin · in 15 · Catch That Zeppelin! · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1975 37 · End Game [The Forever War] · Joe Haldeman · nv The Forever War by Joe W. Haldeman, St. Martin's, 1974, as “Major Mandella 2458-3143” 81 · 1975: The Year in Science Fiction, or Let’s Hear It for the Decline and Fall of the Science Fiction Empire! · Peter Nicholls · ar 91 · Home Is the Hangman [Nemo] · Roger Zelazny · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1975 157 · Child of All Ages [Melissa] · P. J. Plauger · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1975 177 · Potential and Actuality in Science Fiction · Vonda N. McIntyre · ar 183 · Shatterday · Harlan Ellison · ss Gallery September 1975 199 · San Diego Lightfoot Sue · Tom Reamy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1975 247 · Time Deer · Craig Strete · ss Red Planet Earth v1 #4, 1974 253 · The Nebula Winners, 1965/1975 · [uncredited] · ms

The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery (Norton, October 1993, 0-393-03546-8, $27.50, 869pp, hc, an, cover by Dale O’Dell)     Anthology of 67 sf stories arranged chronologically, with an introduction by Le Guin. A teacher’s guide by Brian Attebery (-96543-0) is also available. 15 · Introduction · Ursula K. Le Guin · in 45 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue August 1960 49 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 74 · Tandy’s Story · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Magazine April 1961 93 · 2064, or Thereabouts [Moderan] · David R. Bunch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination September 1964, as by Darryll R. Groupe 98 · Balanced Ecology [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction March 1965 115 · The House the Blakeneys Built · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1965 125 · Over the River and Through the Woods · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories May 1965 133 · How Beautiful with Banners · James Blish · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966 142 · Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If February 1966 151 · When I Was Miss Dow · Sonya Dorman Hess · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1966 161 · Comes Now the Power · Roger Zelazny · ss Magazine of Horror Winter 1966/1967 166 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 171 · The Winter Flies · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967, as “The Inner Circles” 183 · High Weir · Samuel R. Delany · nv If October 1968 201 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 211 · For the Sake of Grace · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1969 231 · As Simple as That · Zenna Henderson · ss Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson, Doubleday, 1971 242 · Good News from the Vatican · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 1 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971 250 · Gather Blue Roses · Pamela Sargent · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972 255 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973 280 · Feather Tigers · Gene Wolfe · ss Edge #5/6, Autumn/Winter 1973 287 · The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn · Vonda N. McIntyre · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1974 300 · The Private War of Private Jacob · Joe Haldeman · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1974 305 · The Warlord of Saturn’s Moons · Eleanor Arnason · ss New Worlds 7 ed. Hilary Bailey & Charles Platt, Sphere, 1974 313 · Making It All the Way Into the Future on Gaxton Falls of the Red Planet · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974 317 · The New Atlantis · Ursula K. Le Guin · na The New Atlantis ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne, 1975 337 · A Few Things I Know About Whileaway · Joanna Russ · ex from The Female Man, Bantam, 1975 350 · Strange Wine · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories June 1976 357 · Lollipop and the Tar Baby [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv Orbit 19 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 376 · Night-Rise · Katherine MacLean · ss Cassandra Rising ed. Alice Laurance, Doubleday, 1978 386 · Frozen Journey · Philip K. Dick · ss Playboy December 1980 402 · Precession · Edward Bryant · ss Interfaces ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace, 1980 412 · Elbow Room · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Stellar #5 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1980 427 · Tauf Aleph · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv More Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann, Doubleday, 1981 445 · Exposures · Gregory Benford · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 6 1981 457 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 466 · The Start of the End of the World · Carol Emshwiller · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 477 · Schrödinger’s Plague · Greg Bear · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact March 29 1982 485 · “…The World As We Know’t” · Howard Waldrop · ss Shayol #6, Winter 1982 501 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 513 · Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983 525 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984 538 · The Lucky Strike · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 14 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984 569 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do? by Robert Sheckley, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984 571 · Interlocking Pieces · Molly Gloss · ss Universe 14 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984 577 · The War at Home · Lewis Shiner · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 580 · The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1985 591 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni November 1985 605 · After the Days of Dead-Eye ’Dee · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 616 · The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd. · Michael Bishop · ss Interzone #12, Summer 1985 628 · His Vegetable Wife · Pat Murphy · ss Interzone #16, Summer 1986 633 · The Brains of Rats · Michael Blumlein · ss Interzone #16, Summer 1986 647 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 654 · Rat · James Patrick Kelly · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1986 665 · America [Carpenter] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1987 689 · Schwarzschild Radius · Connie Willis · ss The Universe ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987 705 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 716 · Kirinyaga [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1988 733 · A Midwinter’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1988 746 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988 762 · We See Things Differently · Bruce Sterling · nv Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 780 · Half-Life · Paul Preuss · ss The Microverse ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1989 794 · Homelanding · Margaret Atwood · ss Elle 1989 797 · And the Angels Sing · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni May 1990 814 · Aunt Parnetta’s Electric Blisters · Diane Glancy · ss Trigger Dance by Diane Glancy, University of Colorado Press, 1990 819 · Midnight News · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 830 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 851 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg