I loved what she said and how she said it. (h/t to Tom Hoberg for making SF a legitimate subject of study all those decades ago.) I loved her work right from the start. I've been a LeGuin reader for decades, having first encountered her in school, in a Science Fiction as Literature class. On breakfast: "Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime."Īnd on all that is unknown, all that we discover as we muddle through life: "How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. He just doesn't accept the lap hypothesis." On her new cat: "He still won't sit on a lap. On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. On the absurdity of denying your age, she says, "If I'm 90 and believe I'm 45, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub." No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula's blog, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters to her now, her concerns with this world, and her wonder at it. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice - sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical - shines. Le Guin has taken listeners to imaginary worlds for decades. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts - always adroit, often acerbic - on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.
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