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The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

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內容簡介 經典奇幻文學《地海戰記》系列作者─娥蘇拉‧勒瑰恩散文選集，收錄她對於寫作、科幻小說創作與科幻小說未來發展的想法，1979年第一次出版，在每一個不同主題中，我們看見她身為一個以奇科幻小說寫作為終身職志的作家，不斷於寫作中進行一場場文學探索與省思；同時，她也是一個教育者和文壇代表人物，其文字與見解自然值得後世無數作家一再捧讀。本書由英國哥倫比亞大學教授、90年代女性主義運動家Susan Wood負責修訂編輯，重新出版，雨果獎獲獎小說家劉宇昆(Ken Liu)寫推薦序。Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction.“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks to the language of the night.” —Ursula K. Le GuinLe Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. The book and each thematic section are brilliantly introduced and contextualized by Susan Wood, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a literary editor and feminist activist during the 1960s and ’70s.A fascinating, intimate look into the exceptional mind of Le Guin whose insights remain as relevant and resonant today as when they were first published.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was the celebrated author of twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. Her acclaimed books received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Otherwise, Theodore Sturgeon, PEN Malamud, and National Book Awards; a Newbery Honor; and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka Prizes, among others. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America. Le Guin was also the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. She received lifetime achievement awards from the World Fantasy Convention, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legend Award. Her website is UrsulaKLeGuin.com.

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最佳賣點 : 夜晚的語言：勒瑰恩談寫作、科幻小說與奇幻文學散文集‧全新修訂版
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