Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Preface to the 1989 Edition • (1989) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Preface (The Language of the Night))
• 6 • Introduction (The Language of the Night) • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 17 • Le Guin Introduces Le Guin • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 20 • A Citizen of Mondath • [The Profession of Science Fiction • 4] • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 29 • On Fantasy and Science Fiction • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 34 • Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons? • (1974) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 41 • Dreams Must Explain Themselves • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 52 • National Book Award Acceptance Speech • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 54 • The Child and the Shadow • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 68 • Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 78 • From Elfland to Poughkeepsie • (1973) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 93 • American SF and The Other • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 97 • Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 118 • Do-It-Yourself Cosmology • (1977) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 125 • The Book Is What Is Real • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 129 • Introduction to Rocannon's World • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction to the 1977 Edition (Rocannon's World) 1977)
• 134 • Introduction to Planet of Exile • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction to the 1978 Edition (Planet of Exile) 1978)
• 140 • Introduction to City of Illusions • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (City of Illusions) 1978)
• 144 • Introduction to The Word for World Is Forest • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Author's Introduction (The Word for World Is Forest) 1977)
• 150 • Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (The Left Hand of Darkness) 1976)
• 155 • Is Gender Necessary? Redux • (1987) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 173 • The Staring Eye • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Three Views of Tolkien: The Staring Eye 1974)
• 177 • The Modest One • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Science Fiction as Prophecy: Philip K. Dick 1976)
• 181 • Introduction to Star Songs of an Old Primate • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (Star Songs of an Old Primate) 1978)
• 189 • Telling the Truth • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 192 • Introduction to The Altered I (excerpt) • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Introduction (The Altered I) 1976)
• 195 • Talking About Writing • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 202 • Escape Routes • (1974) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 211 • Pushing at the Limits • (1979) • essay by Susan Wood
• 213 • The Stalin in the Soul • (1977) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 225 • The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen • (1979) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of The Stone Ax and the Musk Oxen 1975)
• 240 • Bibliographic Checklist of the Works of Ursula K. Le Guin • (1992) • essay by L. W. Currey