{"product_id":"circles-and-lines-the-voyage-in-ursula-k-le-guins-science-fiction-paperback","title":"Circles and Lines: The Voyage in Ursula K. Le Guin's Science Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVera Benczik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the journeys at the heart of Ursula K. Le Guin's (1929-2018) Hainish Cycle-across planets, across identities, across the very boundaries of time-and explores the diverse implications of her protagonists' voyages, as acts of escape, confrontation, healing, and transformation. Through close readings of \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, and the late stories that reflect on and challenge the traditional quest formula, it argues that Le Guin's characters are frequently denied the possibility of return, and must reconfigure themselves within the \u003ci\u003eterra incognita\u003c\/i\u003e of their travels.\u003cbr\u003eThe study situates these texts within the wider tradition of New Wave science fiction, and feminist reworkings of the rite-of-passage narrative, offering a nuanced account of Le Guin's engagement with the archetype of the quest. Positioning Le Guin at the intersection of genre history, cultural anthropology, and feminist criticism, this work demonstrates how her fiction negotiates the dialectic of home and exile, self and other, continuity and rupture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45966371717317,"sku":"9786156872043","price":32.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/bZUv1fvpAq9786156872043.webp?v=1773691047","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/circles-and-lines-the-voyage-in-ursula-k-le-guins-science-fiction-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}