UrsulaK Le Guin's writing is a delight in both fiction and non-fiction. Thiscollection covers several decades of writing, picked from four formercollections of her non-fiction, and it is somewhat clear how herthoughts developed. The first half or so, which covers the '70s and'80s, reflections on Earthsea and the early Hainish Cycle, and infamousquotations about Americans who don't believe in dragons being eaten bythem from within, is fantastic. So is a lot of the later writing, up toher fierce 2014 National Book Award speech. In between, the section thatI believe comes largely from the collectionA Wave in the Mind,there are a lot of bits and pieces of writing advice that I foundinteresting but repetitive. I'm not a fiction writer, and while I mightbe interested in Le Guin's process I'm not so invested that I'd go outof my way to read, say,Steering the Craft, so for me that part dragged a little.OverallI think that this is a good collection to dip in and out of, to have onthe go and read the odd essay here and there. Virtually everything LeGuin had to say was interesting, whether you agree or not. I recommendfinding out.