21 October 1929–22 January 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin was a founding member of Book View Café. We will miss her terribly.
Audubon Society of Portland
Please specify that the donation is for Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Harney County
Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
by Ursula K. Le Guin
$3.99 (Novelette) ISBN 978-1-61138-342-3
A vision of hope sinking and hope rising, in an America paralyzed by corporate control of government while sea levels rise catastrophically due to human-caused climate change.
an illustrated chapbook
by Ursula K. Le Guin
$2.99 (Short Story) ISBN 978-1-61138-647-9
A BVC Original
A thoughtful, truthful autobiography, translated from the Feline by Ursula K. Le Guin.
First appeared on Le Guin’s blog, and is now presented as an e-book, with many new comments and photographs of the handsome author in his characteristic white tie and tail.
A new edition of
Music and Poetry of the Kesh
by Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton
from Always Coming Home
LP & Digital
A Movie for the Mind’s Eye
by Ursula K. Le Guin
$4.99 (Screenplay) ISBN 978-1-61138-120-7
A little background: The character of King Ashthera, with his dog, and his gambling streak, is derived from King Yudhisthira in the Mahabharata, the wonderful and interminable epic of India. When, towards the end of the story, Yudhisthira gets to Heaven, he is outraged to find some of his enemies are there, and some of his friends are not; and he decides not to enter Heaven at all unless they let his dog in with him. I stole all that.
The theme of figuring out what one’ s duty is and how to follow it is from the Mahabharata too. The rest is my invention. Yudhisthira’s dog’s name is Dharma, but Ashthera’s dog is just Dog.
