{"product_id":"a-non-euclidean-view-of-california-as-a-cold-place-to-be-by-ursula-k-le-guin","title":"A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be by Ursula K. Le Guin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003ePre-order: publishing September 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wysiwyg-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an introduction by Marcus du Sautoy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this refusal of futurity, Ursula K. Le Guin takes a non-linear journey – full of side trips and reversals – through a counter-imaginary of place. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on Taoist thought, she loosens the grip of Euclidean reason to show a way out of the ‘hot’ yang motorcycle trip of colonial modernity and its doctrine of technological progress and future utopias. Instead, she advocates for what is ‘cold’, yielding, cyclical and resistant to abstraction. If we return, go round, go inward, go \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eyinward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Golden Age is right here, right now – invisible only to the forward-oriented mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e demonstrates that how we write is inseparable from how we imagine worlds. In anti-heroic literary style, alternative social imaginaries can be rehearsed so that utopia is realised as a practice of staying with and inhabiting the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7cb64ab8-7fff-279a-0d09-fc5d457ed825\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eImprint: Spiral House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeries: Portals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback Original\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublication date: 10 September 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e978-1-9193180-1-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Silver Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56923678015863,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/7721\/8499\/files\/NonEuclideanwebimage.png?v=1774266115","url":"https:\/\/www.silverpress.org\/products\/a-non-euclidean-view-of-california-as-a-cold-place-to-be-by-ursula-k-le-guin","provider":"Silver Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}