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Title: Is Gender Necessary? Title Record # 134828
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1976-05-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Aurora: Beyond Equality in 1976. This record is for the original essay. Later published with additional commentary by the author as "Is Gender Necessary? Redux." Of the reason for the revisions, Le Guin says in Dancing at the Edge of the World, "I was getting uncomfortable with some of the statements I made in [the original essay], and the discomfort soon became plain disagreement."
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Translations
Year Language Title
1986Translated by Irene Paetzold
German Brauchen wir das Geschlecht? [as by Ursula K. LeGuin]
1988Translated by Annemarie van Ewyck
Dutch Man of vrouw, is dat echt nodig? [as by Ursula Le Guin]
1989Translated by Zvijezdana Vlahović
Croatian Je li rod nužan? [as by Ursula Le Guin]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Aurora: Beyond Equality 1976-05-00 ed. Susan Janice Anderson, Vonda N. McIntyre Fawcett Gold Medal P3515
$1.25?$: US dollar
222
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ann Dalton Checkmark
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction 1979-04-00 Ursula K. Le Guin G. P. Putnam's Sons 0-399-12325-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Mike Mariano Checkmark
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction 1980-00-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Perigee Books 0-399-50482-6
$4.95?$: US dollar
270
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Mike Mariano Checkmark
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction 1982-01-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Berkley Books 0-425-05205-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
262
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic Mike Mariano Checkmark
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction 1985-03-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Berkley Books 0-425-07668-7
$5.95?$: US dollar
270
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Michael Mariano Checkmark
Feministische Utopien — Aufbruch in die postpatriarchale Gesellschaft 1986-00-00 Barbara Holland-Cunz Corian (Edition Futurum #9) 3-89048-209-0
DM 24.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
224
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Bruno Stiegler Checkmark
Oneindig moment: Informatie over Ursula K. Le Guin 1988-03-00 uncredited Meulenhoff (Oneindig moment informatie #7) 90-290-4312-1   47
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Mike van Houten Checkmark
Sirius, #154 1989-03-05 ed.
Hrvoje Prćić?Hrvoje Prcic
Vjesnik  
Din 5,000?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
132
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
mag Mario Rosanda Checkmark
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction date unknown Ursula K. Le Guin Perigee Books 0-399-50482-6
$4.95?$: US dollar
270
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Mike Mariano Checkmark
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