Ursula K. Le Guin

Produced with Le Guin’s participation over the course of a decade, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a journey through the writer’s career and her world’s, both real and fantastic. Viewers will join the writer on an intimate journey of self-discovery as she comes into her own as a major feminist author, opening new doors for the imagination and inspiring generations of women and other marginalized writers along the way. The film features stunning animation and reflections by literary luminaries including Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Michael Chabon, and more.

This video was made for the re-release on LP of the cassette of "Music and Poetry of the Kesh", a soundtrack that Todd Barton and Ursula K. Le Guin made to accompany her book "Always Coming Home".

多島海世界“アースシー”で、異変が起きていた。竜が人間界に現れて突然共食いをはじめ、すべてのモノの名前を把握しているはずの魔法使いがその名前を忘れ、魔法の力を失ってしまったのだ。エンラッドという王国では、狂気に駆られた王子のアレンが王である父親を刺し、王の剣を奪って国を脱出。偶然砂漠でアレンと出会った“大賢人”ゲド、通称ハイタカは、彼と共に都城“ホート・タウン”へ向かうことになった。しかし、かつては美しい街だった“ホート・タウン”も、麻薬や人買いが横行する荒んだ街に成り果てていた。アレンは街角で人狩りのウサギに襲われそうになっていた少女・テルーを助けるが逆に自分が捕まり、奴隷として売り払われそうになってしまう。再びアレンを救い出したハイタカは、ある国で巫女を務めていた女性・テナーの家に彼を連れて行き、一緒に生活することを決める。

In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first but soon decides to use him for his own gain. The 2002 adaptation discards a significant portion of the original plot, some essential characters, and much of the philosophical underpinnings of the book and the original PBS production. Ursula K. Le Guin disapproved of the A&E production, and stated that she found it "misguided and uninteresting".

George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind --- with bizarre and frightening results.

Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering they are not on Earth, but in a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship. The spaceship is made up of giant "domes" holding the various cultures of humanity. Eventually, they find the bridge, its crew dead and its computer complaining that the ship is off-course, heading into the path of a distant sun. The three farmers take it upon themselves to travel the ship, contacting the various cultures of humanity in search of somebody who can correct the course of the ship and save mankind.