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Ursula K Le's Reading List

The author, most recently, of the updated "Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story," avoids "fiction about dysfunctional urban middle-class people written in the present tense."

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By the Book: Ursula K Le (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-08-06).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Alice in Wonderland
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I'll pretend you asked for a few of my favorite fantasies, O.K.? And I am applying the Dirri (Do I Reread It?) Test. So, for starters: "Alice in Wonderland," "Gormenghast," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Books," "The Lord of the Rings.""
Cover of Gormenghast
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone
T. H. White · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books
Rudyard Kipling · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick · Buy on Amazon
"Dick's "The Man in the High Castle," Arnason's "Ring of Swords," McIntyre's "Dreamsnake" are among those that have passed it."
Ring of Swords
Eleanor Arnason · Buy on Amazon
Dreamsnake
Vonda McIntyre · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Embassytown
Embassytown
China Miéville · Buy on Amazon
"I expect Miéville's "Embassytown" will soon join them."
Cover of Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen · Buy on Amazon
"Something as far as possible from Washington, D.C., and noisy self-righteous jackassery. "Mansfield Park," maybe?"

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