Title: From Elfland to Poughkeepsie Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: Pendragon Press, Portland, Oregon Published: 1975 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: 1st edition, 2nd printing Number of Pages: 28 Catalogs: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Essays Description: With an introduction by Vonda McIntyre. Second printing, limited to 1000 copies; copy unnumbered. Frontispiece photo of Ursula Le Guin (1929-2018). Original tan, lightly textured cardstock binding, sewn at hinge. Black lettering on front cover. Old oval, half-inch price sticker and some spotting and dirt on front cover. Corners are slightly creased or bent. Interior pages in very good condition without marking. A few very light spots to fore-edges and flyleaf. This is an address given by Ursula Le Guin to the second annual Science Fiction Writer's Workshop at the University of Washington, delivered in the summer of 1972. McIntryre's introduction gives the reader a picture of Le Guin, her personality and accomplishments, and the teaching and games Le Guin prepared for the workshop in both the first and second year it was held. Le Guin's speech, From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, is about style and stylistic choices in written fantasy, and what makes the fantasy genre a truly distinct art form from writing about our own existing world. Paperback, limited edition, good condition. 28 pages, 12mo.
