Encore: Magazine of the Arts; Vol. 1, No. 6, April/May 1977 de Le Guin, Ursula K., Vonda McIntyre, et al - 1977

Portland: Encore Publishing, 1977. Soft cover. Fine. Quarto; 30pp.; saddle-stapled in black-and-white wraps. Signed by Le Guin on the front cover, which features a pen-and-ink portrait of her by Henk Pander. Also signed by Vonda N. McIntyre at her contribution. A Portland-area arts periodical, distributed to attendees of The Oregon Symphony Orchestra, The Portland Opera, etc. This issue features a two-page spread of Le Guin's work: two very short stories ("Ghost Story" and "Courtroom Scene"), a poem ("Everest"), and a block-print illustration of a dragon. Science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre has also contributed a two-page essay on Le Guin titled "Using the Language with Delight." While "Everest" was included in Le Guin's 1981 poetry collection Hard Words, we find no record of the two short stories ever having been collected in book form. A fine copy of this interesting piece for collectors of Le Guin.