Books from Becky Chambers' Crafting with Ursula Conversation
By Between the Covers PodcastThe Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition
Ursula K. Le Guin
$19.00 $17.67The 50th anniversary edition of Left Hand of Darkness with a foreword by David Mitchell and afterword by Charlie Jane Anders
The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin
$18.99 $17.66The Le Guin collection that contains the story "Coming of Age in Karhide" that we discuss today. Published in 1995 it revisits and expands the world of Left Hand of Darkness from the POV of a Gethenian rather than a visitor
Changing Planes: Stories
Ursula K Le Guin and Eric Beddows
$18.99 $17.66We discuss this collection generally speaking but also more specifically talk about the story "The Ire of the Veksi"
Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014
Ursula K. Le Guin
$21.95 $20.41Near the end of the conversation I talk briefly about poems (and a speech) in this collection about the relation of poetry to science, and our relationship to tools and technology
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
$19.99 $18.59Becky's debut novel and the first of her Hugo-award winning Wayfarer series
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers
$20.99 $19.52The first of Becky's foray in to 'solar punk' (we discuss what solar punk is in the conversation), this is the first of her two-book Monk & Robot series