pickInteresting series of essays showing LeGuin was passionate about her art & argues that real-life experiences & the unconscious make an authentic & “real” fantasy/sci-fi novel & she uses Jungian psychology to encourage other authors to look inward (the Self) for inspiration. Also discusses feminism, censorship & pulp novels. The introductions by Susan Wood were pretty dry. I skipped those. 🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶8/10 quills
Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren't real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."
Ursula Le Guin, The Language of the Night
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Photography by John Wilhelm
Turned for a fresh page in my reading notebook and got this.
“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… Is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
Day 7 #readingwomenmonth - books about books. If you haven't read any of LeGuin's non-fiction, I highly recommend it. Incredibly smart. I've read The Language of the Night but Dancing at the Edge of the World is still on my tbr.
This is now top of my list when asked 'what book would you pick up just for the cover?'! It is so delightful - thank you, 1979 😗
This 1979 book of Le Guin essays didn't have a description on Litsy so just adding a photo of the flap copy to entice you. As a heavy fantasy reader, I can hardly wait to dip in...
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction | 
