The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

Overview:

• Title: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
• Year: 1989
• ISBN-10: 0704342022
• Publisher: The Women's Press
• Price: £5.95
• Pages: 210
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Notes:
  • First published in Great Britain by The Women's Press Ltd, 1989. Month from Locus1.
  • Susan Wood wrote an introduction to this book, which is credited to her. There are also section introductions which are uncredited but are presumably by her and have been recorded thus.
  • New edition revised by Ursula K. Le Guin, with a new preface, dated May 1989. According to the preface The changes to the text are rare, mostly missions of a word or sentence or corrections of my own or a typesetter's errors. The principal revision involves the so-called 'generic pronoun' he. It has been changed, following context, euphony or whim, to they, she, one, I, you or we.
  • "Is Gender Necessary? Redux" gives the original text of "Is Gender Necessary" side-by-side with remarks and annotations and self-recriminations from later years.
  • From preface: Elsewhere in preparing the text for this edition I have added notes at the foot of the page, commenting, enlarging, updating, grumbling, or clarifying.
  • Cover artist is credited on the backcover.
  • The Jeff Levin checklist is not in this edition.