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    <body><![CDATA[Articulate, intelligent and deeply felt essays on the reading and writing of Fantasy and Science Fiction. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't so much a review as an anecdote. When I was in high school, Ursula LeGuin came to Toronto to speak. I went for our school paper, of which I was the arts editor. I was a very serious journalist at the time; I had all my questions lined up, and everything but the fedora with the little pres...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9670991">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These essays are a must read for anyone writing science fiction and fantasy.  While not instructional or &quot;how-to&quot;, this collection of essays provides a dialog between Le Guin and the reader that is all at once intellectual and accessible.  She has much wisdom and insight to depart, and eve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67791240">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great collection of her essays on fantasy and science fiction. her deeply penetrating intellect is evident in each piece, and a mildly self-deprecating sense of humor, as well. a must especially for anyone who writes—or wants to write—sci-fi or fantasy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book includes the brilliant 15-page Le Guin essay &quot;From Elfland to Poughkeepsie,&quot; which is essential reading for anyone who loves heroic fantasy and wonders why the genre seems to produce so little memorable material.]]></body>
    
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