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U.S.A.; and Lennie Goodings of Virago Press, U.K. Also: my copy editor, Heather Sangster; John Shoesmith and Jennifer Toews of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library; the Judith Merril Collection at the Toronto Public Library; and the Widener Library at Harvard University. Thanks to all publishers who have granted permission for some of the earlier pieces, and to the many newspaper and magazine editors with whom I have worked over the years. Finally, thanks to my office staff, Sarah Webster, Anne Joldersma, Laura Stenberg, and Penny Kavanaugh. And to the many writers included in this book, whose work I have enjoyed over the course of sixty-odd years.

Permissions Acknowledgements

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

The three chapters in Part 1 are based on the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature, delivered at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 24–26 October 2010.

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Originally published as “An Unfashionable Sensibility” in The Nation, 4 December 1976, pp. 601–2. Second Words: Selected Critical Prose 1960–1982 by Margaret Atwood (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1982), pp. 272–78. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

H. Rider Haggard’s She (New York: Random House, 2002), pp. xvii–xxiv. Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982–2004 by Margaret Atwood (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2004), pp. 234–41. Curious Pursuits by Margaret Atwood (London: Virago Press, 2005), pp. 249–56. Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose 1983–2005 by Margaret Atwood (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/Perseus Books, 2005), pp. 198–204. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

The Queen of Quinkdom: The Birthday of the World and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. The New York Review of Books, Vol. 49, No. 14, 26 September 2002. Curious Pursuits by Margaret Atwood (London: Virago Press, 2005), pp. 297–308. Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982–2004 by Margaret Atwood (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2004), pp. 281–92. Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose 1983–2005 by Margaret Atwood (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/Perseus Books, 2005), pp. 243–53. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

Arguing Against Ice Cream: Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age by Bill McKibben. The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2003. Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982–2004 by Margaret Atwood (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2004), pp. 339–50. Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose 1983–2005 by Margaret Atwood (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/Perseus Books, 2005), pp. 294–304. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

George Orwell: Some Personal Connections. An address broadcast on the BBC Radio 3 on 13 June 2003. Reprinted as “Orwell and Me,” Guardian, 16 June 2003. Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982–2004 by Margaret Atwood (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2004), pp. 331–38. Curious Pursuits by Margaret Atwood (London: Virago Press, 2005), pp. 333–40. Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose 1983–2005 by Margaret Atwood (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/Perseus Books, 2005), pp. 287–93. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

Ten Ways of Looking at The Island of Doctor Moreau, by H. G. Wells (London: Penguin, 2005). Curious Pursuits by Margaret Atwood (London: Virago Press, 2005), pp. 383–96. Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose 1983–2005 by Margaret Atwood (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/Perseus Books, 2005), pp. 386–98. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Originally published as “Brave New World: Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel really is chilling” in Slate magazine (www.slate.com), 1 April 2005. Reprinted with permission of Slate magazine.

After the Last Battle: Visa for Avalon by Bryher. The New York Review of Books, Volume LII, No. 6, 7 April 2005.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2007). Reprinted as “Everyone Is Happy Now,” Guardian,