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

Publication: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science FictionPublication Record # 115161
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1989-08-00
ISBN: 0-7043-4202-2 [978-0-7043-4202-6]
Publisher: The Women's Press
Price:
£5.95^?£: UK pound
Pages: 210
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: NONFICTION
Cover: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by
Fieroza Doörsen^?Fieroza Dooersen
Notes:
- First published in Great Britain by The Women's Press Ltd, 1989. Month from Locus1.
- Susan Wood wrote an introduction to this book, which is credited to her. There are also section introductions which are uncredited but are presumably by her and have been recorded thus.
- New edition revised by Ursula K. Le Guin, with a new preface, dated May 1989. According to the preface The changes to the text are rare, mostly missions of a word or sentence or corrections of my own or a typesetter's errors. The principal revision involves the so-called 'generic pronoun' he. It has been changed, following context, euphony or whim, to they, she, one, I, you or we.
- "Is Gender Necessary? Redux" gives the original text of "Is Gender Necessary" side-by-side with remarks and annotations and self-recriminations from later years.
- From preface: Elsewhere in preparing the text for this edition I have added notes at the foot of the page, commenting, enlarging, updating, grumbling, or clarifying.
- Cover artist is credited on the backcover.
- The Jeff Levin checklist is not in this edition.
External IDs:
- BL: 009782937
- COPAC (defunct): 23231998 Web view XML view
- Goodreads: 1186341
- OCLC/WorldCat: 59252986
- Open Library: OL21283520M
- Reginald-3: 27997

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Nonfiction Title: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction • (1979) • nonfiction by Ursula K. Le Guin

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1 • Preface (The Language of the Night) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 • Introduction (The Language of the Night) • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
13 • Le Guin Introduces Le Guin • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
19 • A Citizen of Mondath • [The Profession of Science Fiction • 4] • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
25 • On Fantasy and Science Fiction • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
31 • Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons? • (1974) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
37 • Dreams Must Explain Themselves • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
47 • National Book Award Acceptance Speech • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
49 • The Child and the Shadow • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
61 • Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
70 • From Elfland to Poughkeepsie • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
83 • American SF and The Other • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
86 • Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
103 • Do-It-Yourself Cosmology • (1977) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
107 • The Book Is What Is Real • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
113 • Introduction to Rocannon's World • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction to the 1977 Edition (Rocannon's World) 1977)
117 • Introduction to Planet of Exile • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction to the 1978 Edition (Planet of Exile) 1978)
122 • Introduction to City of Illusions • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (City of Illusions) 1978)
125 • Introduction to The Word for World Is Forest • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Author's Introduction (The Word for World Is Forest) 1977)
130 • Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (The Left Hand of Darkness) 1976)
135 • Is Gender Necessary? Redux • (1987) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
148 • The Staring Eye • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Three Views of Tolkien: The Staring Eye 1974)
152 • The Modest One • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Science Fiction as Prophecy: Philip K. Dick 1976)
156 • Introduction to Star Songs of an Old Primate • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (Star Songs of an Old Primate) 1978)
161 • Telling the Truth • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
167 • Introduction to The Altered I (excerpt) • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (The Altered I) 1976)
170 • Talking About Writing • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
176 • Escape Routes • (1974) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
183 • Pushing at the Limits • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
187 • The Stalin in the Soul • (1977) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
198 • The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of The Stone Ax and the Musk Oxen 1975)

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

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