Brave New Worlds: An Anthology of Dystopian Fiction – review
Attention short story admirers and science fiction lovers of all ages; have I got a book for you. Before I get to the details however, I think I should take a moment to illuminate the uniting thread between all the marvelous shorts, bound together in the pages of Brave New Worlds: An Anthology of Dystopian [...]
Ursula K. Le Guin – “I’ve Never Written About the Future” & “War is not only inevitable, it’s endless”
I saw this over at Galleycat. It’s a video that they describe as Le Guin speaking to librarian and media communities about her novel Lavinia.
Watch it after the jump . . .
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 6
I rather enjoyed my first go at the Short Thoughts on Short Fiction format so I picked a fresh bunch of stories of the web for your entertainment. This batch is all science fiction, I’ll see if I can make the next one more varied. This edition contains reviews of stories by James Van Pelt, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, Alastair Reynolds and Ursula K. Le Guin. All of these stories are available online for free.
Book Review – The Eye of the Heron
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Cover Artist: Mary GrandPré Publisher: Starscape Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: September 2003 I picked up a very cheap copy of the Starscape edition (Tom Doherty’s YA imprint) of The Eye of the Heron. Le Guin is of course one of the greats of speculative fiction but this is actually [...]
Book Review – Lavinia
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Cover Artist: Charles Brock Publisher: Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: April 2008 Virgil sings of arms and of a man; over two thousand years later, Le Guin offers the princess of that song her own words. Lavinia, the prize of battle in Virgil’s Aeneid, speaks under the guidance of this [...]
Book Review – A Wizard of Earthsea
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: Bantam Spectra Binding: Paperback MassMarket Publication Date: 2004 Long before a young boy wizard by the name of Harry Potter journeyed to a magical school of wizardry, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series introduced readers to a boy named Ged, who would become the greatest sorcerer in all the [...]
Book Review – Gifts
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2004 There’s something about the way Ursula K. Le Guin writes that makes me feel secure when I read one of her books. She promises me excellent prose, wonderful details, and surprise upon surprise. Most of all, though, she promises me a structured world [...]
Book Review – The Other Wind
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: ACE Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2001 Reading Ursula Le Guin is an exercise of incredible humility — you’re reminded that domestic details are important: what you eat, your daily chores, your pets, the dreams you have at night, and so on. All the while the ancient forces of good [...]
