false 1246232 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182222363m/1246232.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182222363s/1246232.jpg 201901 12 1554921 book 1985 Always Coming Home (Paperback) total:461|5:151|4:152|3:113|2:37|1:8| 461 1784 695 38 874602 3.93 48622 4151 17682329 571583 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.86 402 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 5 1 false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 11:08:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 17:58:06 -0700 2008
If it wasn't Ursula... I doubt I would have bothered. But it was, and I did, and of course it was well worth the effort.
...more...]]> 79072117 1852180 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 5 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 16:49:01 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 12:14:54 -0800 2009 The Silmarillion, but the only book I know of so far where the comparison even makes sense.

This book explores in great detail a culture which Le Guin invents to inhabit one small valley in California in the di...more...]]> 38410213 817278 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 5 0 false Sat Nov 22 16:59:25 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 06:17:54 -0800 2008
So begins one of my favorite books by Ursula ...more...]]> 21741002 305220 1562365 0006475957 9780006475958 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210123088m/1562365.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210123088s/1562365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1562365.Always_Coming_Home 4.50 2 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 4 0 false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 18:13:39 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 16:22:58 -0700 2008
Always Coming Home is a collection of writings, both fictional-fiction and fictional-factual about the People of the Valley. These people live in California some generations after a war...more...]]> 28177236 215221 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 12:05:13 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 13:31:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50769809 1235568 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. 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More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 4 0 false Sun Jul 12 12:05:34 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:06:54 -0700 2009 7378026 464314 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. 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A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 5 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 08 13:00:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 15 04:08:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47645633 1229089 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. 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A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 10 11:14:34 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 11:15:05 -0800 2009 60663332 186061 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. 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A rich and complex interweaving of story and fable, poem, artwork, and music, it totally immerses the reader in the culture of the Kesh, a peaceful people of the far future who inhabit a place called the Valley on the Northern Pacific Coast.]]> 1985 0 0 false Sun Aug 09 12:45:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:45:56 -0700 2009 4582633 274924 201901 0520227352 9780520227354 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432m/201901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639432s/201901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201901.Always_Coming_Home 3.87 461 Always Coming Home is a major work of the imagination from one of America's most respected writers of science fiction. More than five years in the making, it is a novel unlike any other. 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