{"product_id":"no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328661593","title":"No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: \"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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On cultural perceptions of fantasy: \"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On breakfast: \"Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In her 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, \u003cem\u003eNo Time to Spare\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eURSULA K. LE GUIN was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929. Among her honors are a National Book Award, five Hugo and five Nebula awards, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648987009298,"sku":"9781328661593","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3c36647-f03d-490b-99e9-701273609285.jpg?v=1733254578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328661593","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}