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. ~i'K·l~ c-,V' . Q ~ ~ . Voyager ~ To Inner Lands ~ and to Outer Space ; URSULA K. LE GUIN Voyager to I nner Lands and to Outer Space Edited by Joe De Bolt With an Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg National University Publications KENNIKAT PRESS II 1979 Port Washington, N.Y. II London Kennikat Press National University Publications Literary Criticism Series General Editor John E. Becker URSULA K. LE GUIN Finally, I do not pretend to have set down, in Baco nian terms, a true, or even a consistent model of the universe. I can only say that here is a bit of my personal universe, the universe traversed in a long and uncompleted journey. If my record, like those of the sixteenth-century voyagers, is confused by strange beasts or monstrous thoughts or sights of abortive men, these are no more than my eyes saw or my mind conceived. On the world island we are all cast aways, so that what is seen by one may often be dark or obscure to another. Loren Eiseley, The Immense Journey Excerpts from City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1967 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published by Ace Books. Used by per mission of Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. Excerpts from The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin. COfyright © 1974 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Re printed by permission 0 Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Excerpts from The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copy right © 1972 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Used by permission of Atheneum Publishers, Inc. Excerpts from The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1969 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published by Ace Books. Used by permission of Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. Excere!s from The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copy right © 1970/71 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Used by permission of Atheneum Publishers, Inc. Excerpts from The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1975 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Used by permission of the author and Virginia Kidd Literary Agency. Excer.p.ts from A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copy right © 1968 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Used by permission of Parnassus Press. Excerpts from British editions of The F0a1r thest Shore © 1973; The Tombs of A tuan © 1972; A Wizard Earthsea © 1973 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Used by permission 0 Victor Gollancz, Ltd. Copyright © 1979 by Kennikat Press Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America Published by Kennikat Press Corp. Port Washington, N.Y. / London Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Ursula K. Le Guin, voyager to inner lands and to outer space. (Literary criticism series) (National university publications) Bibliography: p. Includes index. l. Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- -Criticism and interpretation-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Science fiction, American-History and criticism Addresses, essays, lectures. I. De Boit, Joe. PS3562.E42Z96 813'.5'4 78-20916 ISBN 0-8046-9229-7 TO LIZZIE She has voyaged and endures. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CIRCUMSTANCE AS POLICY: The Decade 5 of Ursula K. Le Guin / Barry N. Malzberg PART ONE: THE VOYAGER ALE GUIN BIOGRAPHY I Joe De Bolt 13 PART TWO: VOYAGE TO INNER LANDS AND TO OUTER SPACE A SURVEY OF LE GUIN CRITICISM I JamesW. Bittner 31 SOLITARY BEING: The Hero as 50 Anthropologist I Karen Sinclair SCIENCE AND RHETORIC IN THE FICTION OF 66 URSULA LE GUIN I Peter T. Koper PART THREE: THE EARTHSEA VOYAGE FOUR LETTERS ABOUT LE GUIN I Rollin A. Lasseter 89 "But Dragons Have Keen Ears:" On Hearing "Earthsea" 115 with Recollections of Beowulf I John R. Pfeiffer THE EARTHSEA TRILOGY: Ethical Fantasy 128 for Children I Francis J. Molson PART FOUR: VOYAGE TO ANARRES TAOIST CONFIGURATIONS: 153 The Dispossessed I Elizabeth Cummins Cage II POSSESSED SOCIOLOGY AND LE GUIN'S 180 DISPOSSESSED: From Exile to Anarchism I Larry L. Tifft and Dennis C. Sullivan NOTES 198 A SELECTED LE GUIN BIBLIOGRAPHY 211 CONTRIBUTORS 215 INDEX 218 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Several persons aided me by reading and commenting on material in this book; I give my thanks to Jim Bittner, Nancy Leis, John Parke, John Pfeiffer, Ronald Primeau, and Norm Rasulis. Also, I want to thank the reference librarians and the interlibrary loan department of Central Michigan University. Without them, this project, and all my writing and research tasks, would have been incalculably more difficult. Above all, however, it is to my wife, Denise, that lowe the most gratitude. URSULA K. LE GUIN BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE Frequently cited and quoted works by Ursula K. Le Guin have been abbreviated throughout the text, except for their initial appearance in each selection. The abbreviations for these works are listed below. In addition, if Le Guin's works are quoted in an essay, an initial note infonns the reader of the specific editions used. DBR "The Day before the Revolution" DIS The Dispossessed LHD The Left Hand ofD arkness LOH The Lathe of Heaven ORT Orsinian Tales OWW "The Ones Who Walk Away from Ornelas" TFS The Farthest Shore TOA The Tombs of Atuan VTE "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" WOE A Wizard of Earthsea WTQ The Wind ~ Twelve Quarters WWF "The Word for World Is Forest"

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