No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters -- Ursula K. Le Guin

<strong>From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.</strong><br/><br/><em>Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: </em> "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub."<br/><br/><em>On cultural perceptions of fantasy: </em> "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?"<br/><br/><em>On breakfast: </em> "Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime."<br/><br/>Ursula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. The collected best of Ursula's blog, <em>No Time to Spare</em> presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: "How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us."<br/><br/>"The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them." -- Melissa Febos, <em>New York Times Book Review</em><br/><br/>"Witty . . . deeply observed." -- <em>USA Today</em><br/><br/> "A book that truly does matter." -- <em>Houston Chronicle</em><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ursu