Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose
body of work includes twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short
stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children's books, five
essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and
imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo
Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and
many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book
Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American
Letters, and in 2016 she joined the short list of authors to be
published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
KAREN JOY FOWLER is the author of six novels and four short story
collections, including We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and
Black Glass. She is the winner of the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award, a
finalist for the Man Booker Prize, and has won numerous Nebula and
World Fantasy Awards.
"Le Guin's most philosophical novel. . . . The Dispossessed is a
study of character, ideology and the constant of change." -- New
York Times"The Dispossessed is still one of Sci-Fi's' smartest
books." -- Wired"Written with thought, care--even love." -- Times
Literary Supplement (London)"Le Guin's characters, sepecially
Shevek and his family, are complex and haunting, and her writing is
remarkable for its sinewy grace." -- Time magazine"The Dispossessed
paints a hopeful and complex portrait of a society rooted in
collectivism."
-- Naomi Klein, The Week"Engrossing . . . Ursula Le Guin is more
than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she
is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind." --
Cincinnati Enquirer"A seamless creation: every thing is made up,
nothing seems arbitrary...Le Guin's book [is] written in her solid,
no-nonsense prose." -- New York Times Book Review"Brilliantly
conceived and stunningly executed . . . The setting is science
fiction, but the tradition is humanistic, reducing life to its
essentials and examining human beings in a real world." -- Chicago
Daily News"The combination of intelligence and imagination sends
ideas dancing endlessly around the brain." -- Christian Science
Monitor"The novel flashes back and forth . . . and delicately
develops both the strengths and weaknesses of the two social
systems, the contrasting textures of the two kinds of social
experience . . . All through, this impresses with small but
incalculably right choices which add up solidly and confirm Ms. Le
Guin as one of our finest projectionists of brave old and other
worlds." -- Kirkus Reviews"Excellent characterization and
meaningful ideas make this one of the most important [science
fiction] novels of the last several years." -- Library Journal"I
would be hard pressed to think of another novel that made as strong
an impression on me." -- Anthony Ha, author of Love Songs for
Monsters"This remains a challenging and urgent book." -- The
Guardian"Deeply worthwhile reading -- subtle, challenging,
exquisitely crafted." -- sfsite.com"[Ursula Le Guin] . . . is
science fiction's best ambassador to the rest of the world, ever.
She has done more to show people why this is an important
genre--and maybe the mode of literature we need to navigate our way
into a very uncertain future--than anyone else ever will." -- Lisa
Yaszek, Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of
Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech"One of our
finest projectionists of brave old and other worlds." -- Kirkus
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