Reviews and introductions by Ursula K. Le Guin

This is a partial and preliminary list of Ursula K. Le Guin's reviews and introductions to works (not her own).

B

• Review, The Mythology of North America by John Bierhorst (1985; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

C

• Review, Italian Folktales, by Italo Calvino (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino (1984; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

G

• Review, Freddy's Book and Vlemk by John Gardner (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Outside the Gates by Molly Gloss (1986; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

L

• Review, The Dark Tower by C. S. Lewis (1977; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Shikasta by Doris Lessing (1979; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five by Doris Lessing (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, The Sentimental Agents by Doris Lessing (1983; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Silent Partners by Eugene Linden (1986; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, The Cleft by Doris Lessing ("Saved by a Squirt", The Guardian, 2007/2/10. or 2007/03/17?)

P

• Review, Peake's Progress, by Mervyn Peake (1981; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

S

• Review, Unfinished Business, by Maggie Scarf (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Golden Days by Carolyn See (1986; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

T

• Introduction to The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain (Oxford Univ. Press: 1996 (ISBN 0195101529))
• Introduction to Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree, Jr.

V

• Introduction to November Grass by Judy Van Der Veer (1940; Le Guin's introduction is in 2001 edition)

W

• Review, Kalila and Dimna, retold by Ramsay Wood (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

Others

• Review, "Close Encounters, Star Wars, and the Tertium Quid" (1978; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Two from 'Venom' (1980; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
• Review, Forsaking Kingdoms: Five Poets (1984; in Dancing at the Edge of the World)

• The Elephant’s Journey, by Jose Saramago, reviewed by UKL. (19 August 2010)
• Ghost Light, by Joseph O’Connor, reviewed by UKL at The Guardian (22 July 2010)
• Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey — Review by UKL at The Guardian. (30 January 2010)
• True Deceiver, by Tove Jansson, at The Guardian. Reprinted on this website.
• Book review by UKL: The Post Office Girl, by Stefan Zweig. Literary Review 2009 (Added to website 5 November 2009)
• A Book of Silence, by Sara Maitland, reviewed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Literary Review 2009. (Added to website 16 September 2009)
• Lord Dunsany: In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales, edited by S.T. Joshi. (review by UKL) LA Times Book Review, 2004. (Added to website 6 July 2009)
• Land of Marvels, by Barry Unsworth: “Digging for victory” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 17 January 2009.
• The End of Mr Y, Scarlett Thomas: “Lost in Mindspace” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 21 July 2007.
• The Planets, by Dava Sobel: “Anti-gravity solar system” (review by UKL) LA Times, 5 October 2005.
• Seeing, by José Saramago: “The plague of blank ballots” (review by UKL) The Guardian, Saturday 15 April 2006.
• The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, by Victor Pelevin: “Pinning the tail on the fox” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 16 February 2008.
• Hav, by Jan Morris: “Magical history tour” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 3 June 2006.
• Day, by A.L. Kennedy: “At war with you” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 7 April 2007.
• The Immigrant, by Manju Kapur: “A passage to Canada” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 18 April 2009.
• Wolf Totem, by Jiang Rong: “Keep off the grass” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 22 March 2008.
• Heaven’s Net Is Wide, by Lian Hearn: “Before the dream” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 27 October 2007.
• A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo: “Sorry of my English” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 27 January 2007.
• Moral Disorder, by Margaret Atwood: “Eleven-piece suite” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 23 September 2006
• The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants by Anna Pavord: “You say arbutus, I say kisspop” (review by UKL) The Guardian, Saturday 26 November 2005
• The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino: “Into the cosmos with Qfwfq” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 15 June 2009
• UKL reviews Enchanted Hunters, by Maria Tatar (review by UKL) LA Times, 14 June 2009
• Journey into Space, by Toby Litt: “Spaceship of fools” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 28 February 2009.
• A to X, by John Berger: “The story of Us and Them” (review by UKL) The Guardian. 16 August 2008
• The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser: “One man and his dog” (review by UKL) The Guardian. 18 June 2008
• The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie: “The real uses of enchantment” (review by UKL) Guardian Unlimited, Saturday March 29, 2008.
• People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks: “The shelf-life of shadows” (review by UKL) The Guardian, Saturday, January 19, 2008.
• Girl Meets Boy, by Ali Smith, and Where Three Roads Meet, by Salley Vickers: “Sigmund and the blind seer” (review by UKL) Guardian Unlimited, 8 December 2007
• The Stone Gods, by Jeanette Winterson: “Head Cases” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 22 September 2007.
• Consequences, by Penelope Lively: “The soldier’s grave” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 16 June 2007.
• Suffer the Little Children, by Donna Leone: “The Baby-Snatchers” (review by UKL) Manchester Guardian, May 2007.
• The Cleft by Doris Lessing: “Saved by a Squirt” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 17 March 2007.
• Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard: “Revolution in the aisles” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 9 September 2006.
• The Sea Lady by Margaret Drabble: “Mermaid on dry land” (review by UKL) The Guardian, 22 July 2006.
• Ledoyt, by Carol Emshwiller: A Review by Ursula K. Le Guin

Further reading

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