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Always Coming Home – A remarkable and highly collectible Ursula K. Le Guin first edition softcover complete with the original “Music and Poetry of the Kesh” cassette tape and slipcase. A unique fusion of speculative fiction, anthropology, poetry, mythology and music from one of the greatest voices in modern science fiction.
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Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin is widely regarded as one of the most ambitious and imaginative works in twentieth-century speculative fiction. Rather than presenting a conventional narrative alone, Le Guin creates an entire future culture — the Kesh people of California’s far-future Napa Valley — through stories, poetry, songs, myths, recipes, artwork, language fragments and anthropological observations. The result is a deeply immersive literary experience that blurs the boundaries between novel, ethnography, philosophy and experimental fiction.
This 1985 Harper & Row softcover first edition is particularly desirable as it retains the original slipcase and the scarce accompanying cassette tape titled Music and Poetry of the Kesh, featuring musical compositions by Todd Barton and performances connected to the world of the novel. Complete examples of Always Coming Home with the cassette are increasingly difficult to source internationally, making this an especially attractive copy for collectors of Ursula K. Le Guin, literary science fiction, feminist speculative fiction and cult modern first editions.
Le Guin’s work has had a profound influence on generations of fantasy and science fiction writers, and Always Coming Home stands among her most inventive achievements alongside The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. The inclusion of original artwork, maps and musical accompaniment makes this edition a fascinating multimedia literary artifact from the 1980s.
An exceptional collectible copy of Always Coming Home ideal for readers, scholars of speculative fiction, and serious Ursula K. Le Guin collectors seeking a complete and visually striking edition of this landmark work.
Condition – Near Fine
Near fine 1985 paperback in original slipcase accompanied by the original cassette tape. The book appears unread or very lightly handled. Slipcase shows light shelf wear and minor edge wear. Cassette case remains present and intact. A highly collectible complete example.
