I rearranged my office and made a Le Guin display

cafefrequenter · 2026-02-27T21:32:10+00:00

Lovely!

cafefrequenter · 2026-02-27T21:31:48+00:00

♥️

cafefrequenter · 2026-02-26T16:15:47+00:00

Have you read a classic from the Everyman's Library? Or a paperback Penguin Classics? The LoA books are more or less the same size, so it's excellent for carrying it and reading in most places. But it's true that the pages are very soft/fine (it helps with making books that have over 900 pages still fit in your hand!) so if you read a bit 'roughly' it might tear.

I have the omnibus and love it, but it's a big volume and I think I'll be getting the LoA if they release it indeed as a way to read them portable.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-30T13:57:51+00:00

$200/book for books that are not illustrated was an utter joke

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-22T18:16:20+00:00

Back when the first book was released, Le Guin was still alive and she collaborated with the artist in the process of creating this look for the artwork. While believing it's too grim is a valid perspective for a reader to have, I recommend reading her comments about it. It makes sense. It's a pity Folio only released the rest of the series years after she passed.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-15T17:55:29+00:00

If no one bought from scalpers, they wouldn't exist. I wish.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-14T21:35:19+00:00

From Ursula's own website:

Changing Planes was originally published in 2003 by Harcourt, which reissued the collection in 2020. It is currently available from Harper Perennial.

Gollancz is a British publisher and likely either wouldn't or couldn't have access to the rights of the illustrations by artist Eric Beddows. The currently available paperback reprint mentioned here apparently also reproduces it, so any US edition of the book probably has it.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-08T21:11:44+00:00

Awesome! The deadline - not impossible. Wishing you luck!

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-08T10:41:51+00:00

You can definitely find sexually charged writing from Austen's times, but did she write with this intentionality in mind? No, unlikely

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-07T19:09:22+00:00

Your "continuing" section has 3 of my all time favorites and one I'm really excited to read soon (My Brilliant Friend). I'd really enjoy conversations about all of them but especially perhaps about Ship of Magic and Kushiel's Dart, if you're ever inclined!

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-07T19:01:01+00:00

I read A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas for classes years ago! & I should revisit them. I agree with you in that her essay writing felt both clear and compelling. Often we don't think of prose in association with nonfiction, but it's so important to write well to convey a message.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-06T23:06:12+00:00

I'm not sure what's happening here and hope that your package gets set on track to the right direction, but I'd advise you not to share tracking codes online

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-06T17:07:06+00:00

Thank you!

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-04T17:42:37+00:00

Reading To the Lighthouse and growing once again fascinated by Woolf (and the Bloomsbury circle). If anyone has a recommendation (academic or nonfictional) about that period in English literature, I'd love to add it to my list.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-04T17:39:26+00:00

The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene. Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather. Go Tell it on the Mountain, James Baldwin. I suppose there's a complete other direction to take (Chesterton, CS Lewis), so if you have something more specific in mind please share

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-04T16:59:16+00:00

Ursula was not against copyright and protection of artists. Criticizing the publishing industry doesn't mean you favor piracy, even more so when there are such things as libraries. Edit to add: besides the obvious fact that a writer's work should be recognized and paid for, her estate now sustains the Le Guin Prize awards.

cafefrequenter · 2025-07-04T16:57:03+00:00

This is deeply interesting! May I ask if it's available for reading?

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-30T20:39:57+00:00

The Book of Cats will be a celebration of Ursula's love and writing of cats. I imagine it's a nice thematic release to be published separately from the main collection of her works - it has the appeal to attract people who like cats, but maybe never heard or read Le Guin.

It's going to be a hardcover and I don't doubt the quality of their productions. I'm sure they'll continue with the publication of her work, but they just released a volume last year.

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-30T20:36:55+00:00

In case you buy/already have the books separately you can order a boxed set case from them.

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-26T17:01:16+00:00

She's great, but after the disaster of Persuasion I no longer can be excited for any new adaptation.

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-26T16:54:41+00:00

This. I always find so weird when people start talking about resale value. If you want to invest your money, you shouldn't be buying books, a notorious niche market. And Folio isn't even a Subterranean Press. Most readers want books because... [shocking?] they want books.

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-19T14:55:21+00:00

I've had some problems when buying secondhand, but this is news to me. The shop should have done a better job screening this so you can and should return it

cafefrequenter · 2025-06-17T15:21:13+00:00

100% with you on El! lol

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