Louise's votes on the list Speculative Fiction: Literary Criticism, Essays, Non-Fiction

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1	The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbalestier 3.90 avg rating — 124 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Flesh and the Mirror: Essays on the Art of Angela Carter by Lorna Sage (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 105 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips 4.23 avg rating — 1,410 ratings Louise rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones 3.95 avg rating — 4,948 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.28 avg rating — 2,199 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias by Judith A. Little 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale by Danielle M. Roemer (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 53 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon 4.28 avg rating — 461 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins (Author and Narrator) 4.66 avg rating — 4,427 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.34 avg rating — 2,871 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends by Katharine M. Briggs 4.20 avg rating — 190 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Reflections: On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones 4.32 avg rating — 956 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman 4.12 avg rating — 2,657 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village by Samuel R. Delany 4.33 avg rating — 1,198 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter 4.06 avg rating — 16,495 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine M. Briggs 4.26 avg rating — 1,257 ratings Louise rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams 4.19 avg rating — 188 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz 4.09 avg rating — 1,600 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Fairies in Victorian Art by Christopher Wood 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.01 avg rating — 1,610 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Secret Feminist Cabal by Helen Merrick (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.12 avg rating — 1,658 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner 4.12 avg rating — 1,473 ratings Louise added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Wish I Was Here by M. John Harrison 4.04 avg rating — 371 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.01 avg rating — 8,651 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Letters to Tiptree by Alexandra Pierce (editor) 4.08 avg rating — 88 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler by Alexandra Pierce (Senior Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales by Jack D. Zipes 3.75 avg rating — 321 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld by Tansy Rayner Roberts (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 332 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. Tolkien 3.96 avg rating — 4,033 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katharine M. Briggs 4.13 avg rating — 187 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy by Michael Moorcock 3.75 avg rating — 337 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Postmodern Archipelago by Michael Swanwick 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Michael Moorcock: Death Is No Obstacle by Michael Moorcock (Interviewee) 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales by Jack D. Zipes (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 290 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales by Kate Bernheimer (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 459 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Wonder Woman: The Complete History by Les Daniels 4.06 avg rating — 343 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore 3.73 avg rating — 16,781 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.24 avg rating — 6,003 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book by Gerard Jones 4.07 avg rating — 1,670 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Rebirth of Rapunzel: A Mythic Biography of the Maiden in the Tower by Kate Forsyth (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 80 ratings Louise rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe 3.86 avg rating — 50 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre by Jack D. Zipes 3.82 avg rating — 328 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction by Joanna Russ 4.16 avg rating — 206 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination by Raffaella Baccolini (editor) 3.95 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus: A Routledge Study Guide by Helen Stoddart 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1 (1957 - 1969) by Samuel R. Delany 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jack D. Zipes (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 235 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale by Harold Bloom (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 160 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness by Harold Bloom 4.36 avg rating — 257 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings by Diana Pavlac Glyer (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,355 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Diana Wynne Jones: The Fantastic Tradition and Children's Literature by Farah Mendlesohn (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 67 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard Freedman 3.93 avg rating — 118 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings Louise rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 607,970 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 410 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology, and Politics by Gwyneth Jones 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 16) (Volume 16) by Gwyneth Jones 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 4.13 avg rating — 44,944 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John Clute 4.36 avg rating — 608 ratings Louise added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 345 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim 3.83 avg rating — 6,302 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things by Diane Purkiss 3.73 avg rating — 328 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen (The Annotated Books) by Hans Christian Andersen 4.42 avg rating — 1,651 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Liz Bourke 3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form – Twelve Revolutions in Digital Publishing, Creators' Rights, and the Future of Storytelling by Scott McCloud (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 3,818 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars