Guin Ursula Fowler Karen Joy (46 results)

Condition: Very Good. Beddows, Eric (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. HC 351.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. 50th Anniversary Edition. Reprint of 50th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2024 Trade Paperback. xvi, 361 pp. Includes new introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. An important work of utopian fiction by Le Guin, which won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, and was nominated for the John W. Campbell award. On the surface, Le Guin's story of the brilliant physicist Shevek is a tale of a futuristic world, and the struggle of the civilizations on two separate planets to reconcile with each other's way of life. Beneath the surface run deep undercurrents of meaning -- philosophical, religious, and scientific themes that transcend the story itself. Shevek's quest to reconcile two seemingly antithetical schools of theoretical physics is also the individual's quest to reconcile individuality with social behavior, identity with belonging, and freedom with responsibility. Colored by the Taoist sensibilities with which Le Guin has long been fascinated, the parallels drawn in The Dispossessed are simultaneously vivid and subtle -- the style of writing embodies the very ideas that Le Guin attempts to convey. Widely praised even beyond the usual literary circles of science fiction, The Dispossessed is a true masterpiece, the consummation of a unique and detailed vision of a distant world surprisingly similar to our own.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Barclay Shaw; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. (x) 535 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Barclay Shaw. This anthology contains: Newton's Sleep - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Precious Moments by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; The Helping Hand by Norman Spinrad; Transfusion by Joelle Wintrebert (translated by Kim Stanley Robinson); The Dark at the Corner of the Eye by Patricia Anthony; Apartheid Superstrings and Mordecai Ehubana - a novella by Michael Bishop; Black Glass - a novelette by Karen Joy Fowler; Snow On Sugar Mountain - a novelette by Elizabeth Hand; Loitering at Death's Door - a novelette by Wolfgang Jeschke (translated by Sally Schiller and Anne Calveley); Lethe - a novelette by Peg Kerr; Fondest of Memories by Kevin J. Anderson; Rokuro by Poul Anderson; Matter's End - a novelette by Gregory Benford; Chango Chingamadre Dutchman and Me by R. V. Branham; Division by Zero by Ted Chiang; Prism Tree by Tony Daniel; Tracking the Random Variable by Marcos Donnelly; Police Actions by Barry N. Malzberg; Lake Agassiz by Jack McDevitt; Daughter Earth by James Morrow; Desert Rain - a novella by Mark L. Van Name and Pat Murphy; Dogstar Man by Nancy Willard; and When the Rose is Dead - a novelette by David Zindell. Size: 8vo. Book.

Condition: Brand New. 173 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Signed by editor Karen Joy Fowler on customized label. Fine book. Previous purchase info laid in. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (fantasy, science fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover first edition, first printing. 67 stories spanning a 30 year period representing most of the most influential North American authors, although the selections are often less frequently anthologized examples of their stories. Includes stories from Damon Knight in 1960 through Fritz Leiber, Samuel R. Delany, Zenna Henderson, James Tiptree Jr. , Barry N. Malzberg, Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, John Varley, Octavia Butler, Orson Scott Card and Connie Willis to Margaret Atwood, Kate Wilhelm, Diane Glancy, Lisa Goldstein and John Kessel in 1990 and many more. Long introduction by Le Guin, brief notes on the authors, index. Fine in like non price clipped ($27. 50) Dust jacket . (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for non domestic). ; 8vo.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Collects 67 stories spanning a 30 year period representing most of the most influential North American authors, although the selections are often less frequently anthologized examples of their stories. Includes stories from Damon Knight in 1960 through Fritz Leiber, Samuel R. Delany, Zenna Henderson, James Tiptree Jr., Barry N. Malzberg, Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, John Varley, Octavia Butler, Orson Scott Card and Connie Willis to Margaret Atwood, Kate Wilhelm, Diane Glancy, Lisa Goldstein and John Kessel in 1990 and many more in the interim years. Long introduction by Le Guin, brief notes on the authors, index. 869 pp. Near fine in a good dust jacket (dustjacket partially split along fold of front flap, price of 27.50 still present, now protected by archival cover).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 320 pages. Published in 1998. Landmark collection of short stories. One of the most valuable collections of its kind ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "The Best of Crank!". Further expands the (already broad) horizons of science fiction, the most vibrant and innovative literary genre of our time. Rather controversial when the pieces first appeared, as was the magazine, now 21st-century classics, and in the case of some of the contributors, canonical authors: Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Aldiss, Michael Bishop, and Jonathan Lethem. "Lisa Tuttle's 'Food Man', about the intertwining of anorexia, food, and sex is a gem. 'The Matter of Seggri', Ursula K. Le Guin's description of a world where women live normally and men are raised as breeders, explores many of the themes her novels do, with equal success" (A. Ross). "It's got brains and it's got heart. 'Mood Bender', set in a disturbing dystopian future with 'a mood-based economy', is my favorite. The author zooms through dozens of crazy-true ideas about art, advertising, self-confidence, money, and more" (T. M. ). "It's my privilege to have kicked off the very first issue of Crank with my story 'Clap If You Believe'. It deserves all the accolades it has received as an anthology that moves from strength to strength" (Robert Devereaux). Jonathan Lethem has the most number of contributions, three in all: "Mood Bender", "The Happy Prince", and "Receding Horizon" (co-written with Carter Scholz of "Kafka Americana"). Science fiction is not a sub-genre; it is a full-fledged literary genre that warrants - and will reward - our serious consideration. An absolute "must-have" title for Jonathan Lethem, Ursula K. Le Guin, and contemporary literature collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the Table of Contents by Jonathan Lethem. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. He (rather proudly) pointed arrows at each of his contributions on the page. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Some of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN LETHEM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0312867409. Signed by Author.