Reviews and introductions by Ursula K. Le Guin

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



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


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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)


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


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  • 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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