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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)

Author of A Wizard of Earthsea

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About the Author

Ursula K. Le Guin was born Ursula Kroeber in Berkeley, California on October 21, 1929. She received a bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in 1951 and a master's degree in romance literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from Columbia University in 1952. She won a Fulbright fellowship in show more 1953 to study in Paris, where she met and married Charles Le Guin. Her first science-fiction novel, Rocannon's World, was published in 1966. Her other books included the Earthsea series, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, The Lathe of Heaven, Four Ways to Forgiveness, and The Telling. A Wizard of Earthsea received an American Library Association Notable Book citation, a Horn Book Honor List citation, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1979. She received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2014. She also received the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award. She also wrote books of poetry, short stories collections, collections of essays, children's books, a guide for writers, and volumes of translation including the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu and selected poems by Gabriela Mistral. She died on January 22, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Works by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) 16,036 copies
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) 15,982 copies
The Dispossessed (1974) 10,746 copies
The Tombs of Atuan (1970) 8,966 copies
The Farthest Shore (1972) 7,898 copies
The Lathe of Heaven (1971) 6,551 copies
Tehanu (1990) 5,335 copies
The Other Wind (2001) 3,980 copies
Tales from Earthsea (2001) 3,629 copies
The Word for World is Forest (1972) 2,918 copies
The Earthsea Quartet (1968) 2,582 copies
Catwings (1988) 2,443 copies
The Earthsea Trilogy (1968) 2,217 copies
Lavinia (2008) 2,152 copies
Always Coming Home (1985) 2,141 copies
Gifts (2004) 2,087 copies
The Telling (2000) 2,072 copies
Changing Planes (2003) 1,754 copies
City of Illusions (1967) 1,590 copies
Orsinian Tales (1961) 1,573 copies
Rocannon's World (1966) 1,521 copies
Planet of Exile (1966) 1,344 copies
The Beginning Place (1980) 1,315 copies
The Compass Rose (1982) 1,279 copies
Catwings Return (1989) 1,236 copies
Four Ways to Forgiveness (1994) 1,211 copies
Voices (2006) 1,139 copies
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994) 1,013 copies
The Eye of the Heron (1978) 975 copies
Powers (2007) 968 copies
Malafrena (1979) 771 copies
The Wild Girls (2011) 311 copies
Rocannon's World / The Kar-Chee Reign (1900) — Author — 226 copies
Nebula Award Stories 11 (1976) — Editor — 156 copies
Interfaces (1980) — Editor — 155 copies
The Blind Geometer / The New Atlantis (1989) — Contributor — 133 copies
Catwings (4 Volume Set) (2003) 121 copies
The Daughter of Odren (2014) 106 copies
Cheek by Jowl (2009) 102 copies
Edges (1980) — Editor — 102 copies
Sixty Odd (1999) 89 copies
La leggenda di Earthsea (2007) 80 copies
Cat Dreams (2009) 78 copies
Earthsea [2004 film] (2006) — Writer — 78 copies
The Altered I (1976) — Contributor; Introduction — 68 copies
Fish Soup (1992) 51 copies
Nine Lives [short fiction] (1969) 50 copies
Tom Mouse (2002) 50 copies
Hard Words, and Other Poems (1981) 49 copies
Wild Angels (1975) 43 copies
Winter's King (short story) (1969) 43 copies
Space Crone (2023) 40 copies
Fire and Stone (1989) 35 copies
A Visit from Dr. Katz (1988) 33 copies
Tales of the Catwings (1999) 33 copies
The Word of Unbinding (1964) 29 copies
The Farthest Shore / Tehanu (1972) 27 copies
The Rule of Names (1964) 26 copies
Dostoevsky: A Screenplay / King Dog: A Screenplay (1985) — Author — 25 copies
Leese Webster (1979) 23 copies
Paradises Lost (2013) 22 copies
The Wild Girls {novelette} (2011) 22 copies
Earthsea Revisioned (1993) 17 copies
Gwilans Harp (1977) 16 copies
Szesc swiatow Hain (2015) 16 copies
Dragonfly (2001) 16 copies
The water is wide (1976) 15 copies
The Stars Below (1973) 14 copies
Walking in Cornwall (1976) 13 copies
The Art of Bunditsu (1994) 13 copies
Darkness Box [short story] (1963) 13 copies
April in Paris (1962) 11 copies
The Fliers of Gy 11 copies
Sur (short story) (1982) 9 copies
Darkrose and Diamond (2001) 8 copies
Things (1970) 7 copies
Mazes [short story] (1975) 7 copies
The Wisdom of the Asonu (1998) 7 copies
The Finder (2001) 7 copies
The Masters (1963) 6 copies
Newton's Sleep 6 copies
Breaking Waves (2010) 6 copies
Schrödinger's Cat (1974) 5 copies
The Barrow [short story] (1976) 5 copies
I draghi di Earthsea (1990) 5 copies
In the Red Zone (1983) 5 copies
Grenzwelten (2022) 5 copies
May's Lion 5 copies
Aardzee 2 (1990) 5 copies
The House [short story] (1976) 4 copies
Ile Forest [short story] (1976) 4 copies
L'effet Churten (2017) 4 copies
King Dog: A Screenplay (1985) 4 copies
Madurar a Karhide (2021) 4 copies
IDIOMA DE LA NOCHE (2020) 4 copies
Firelight {story} (2018) 4 copies
The Visionary [novelette] (1984) 4 copies
SQ [short story] (1978) 4 copies
Olders [short story] (1995) 3 copies
My Life So Far, by Pard (2016) 3 copies
Ksiega Drogi i Dobra (2020) 3 copies
Lawinia (2023) 3 copies
Hernes (1991) 3 copies
The Kerastion 3 copies
Malafrena (2018) 3 copies
Sterren van Galaxy III (1982) 3 copies
No Boats 3 copies
The Phoenix [short story] (1982) 2 copies
Intracom [short story] (1974) 2 copies
Derniers poèmes (2023) 2 copies
Immortals (2000) 2 copies
L'onada a la ment (2022) 2 copies
Oihan hitzean mundua (2021) 2 copies
Great Joy 2 copies
Les Voltigeurs de Gy (2021) 1 copy
Travelling 1 copy
Infinitive 1 copy
July 1 copy
La Fille feu follet (2023) 1 copy
Buffalo Gals 1 copy
At Kishamish 1 copy
Kotolotki (2020) 1 copy
Di hai gu mu (2002) 1 copy
Le Guin's map of Earthsea — Cartographer — 1 copy
Pajatus (2022) 1 copy
Newtons søvn (2022) 1 copy
Tumsas kreisā roka (2012) 1 copy
Findings 1 copy
Le Dit d'Aka 1 copy
Świat Rocannona (1997) 1 copy
On Theme 1 copy
Wake Island 1 copy
Intracom 1 copy
L'oeil du heron (2024) 1 copy
Прозрение (2013) 1 copy
Elementals 1 copy
Alagatos 1 copy
Real Power 1 copy
Uçsuz Bucaksız (2018) 1 copy
Başka bir yer (2002) 1 copy

Associated Works

Tao Te Ching (0400) — Translator, some editions — 18,598 copies
Utopia (1516) — Afterword, some editions — 11,894 copies
We (1921) — Introduction, some editions — 8,488 copies
The Princess and the Goblin (1872) — Introduction, some editions — 5,527 copies
Roadside Picnic (1972) — Foreword, some editions — 3,634 copies
The First Men in the Moon (1901) — Introduction, some editions — 2,492 copies
Legends I: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy (1998) — Contributor — 1,887 copies
A Tale of Time City (1987) — Introduction, some editions — 1,342 copies
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 1,136 copies
Again, Dangerous Visions (1972) — Contributor — 989 copies
The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 891 copies
Far Horizons (1999) — Contributor — 773 copies
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992) — Contributor — 752 copies
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (1996) — Contributor — 633 copies
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was (1983) — Translator, some editions — 611 copies
The Book of Fantasy (1940) — Introduction, some editions — 609 copies
Meditations on Middle Earth (2001) — Contributor — 571 copies
The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013) — Contributor — 569 copies
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2011) — Contributor — 507 copies
American Gothic Tales (1996) — Contributor — 462 copies
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001) — Contributor — 452 copies
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 446 copies
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 422 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 394 copies
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (2005) — Contributor — 382 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991) — Contributor — 377 copies
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993) — Contributor — 370 copies
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (2005) — Contributor; Contributor — 368 copies
The QPB Companion to The Lord of the Rings (2001) — Contributor — 363 copies
Year's Best SF (1996) — Contributor — 341 copies
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Contributor — 341 copies
Women of Wonder (1975) — Contributor — 333 copies
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contributor — 329 copies
Ring of Swords (1993) — Introduction — 296 copies
Star Songs of an Old Primate (1978) — Introduction, some editions — 285 copies
Millennial Women (1978) — Contributor — 285 copies
The Space Opera Renaissance (2007) — Contributor — 282 copies
Year's Best SF 6 (2001) — Contributor — 282 copies
Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Contributor — 278 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three (1971-1975) (1977) — Author — 266 copies
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) — Contributor — 262 copies
Year's Best SF 8 (2003) — Contributor — 258 copies
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (2001) — Contributor — 251 copies
Other Worlds Than These (2012) — Contributor — 247 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Contributor; Contributor — 243 copies
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Contributor — 238 copies
Unicorns! (1982) — Contributor — 225 copies
Out of the Garden: Women Writers on the Bible (1994) — Contributor — 224 copies
Magicats! (1939) — Contributor — 219 copies
Cats in Space...and Other Places (1992) — Contributor — 217 copies
The New Hugo Winners, Volume II (1991) — Contributor — 212 copies
Epoch (1975) — Contributor — 211 copies
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1939) — Contributor — 208 copies
The Way of the Wizard (2010) — Contributor — 207 copies
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 201 copies
The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Contributor — 201 copies
The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) — Contributor — 197 copies
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998) — Contributor — 196 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 196 copies
We Are the Stories We Tell (1990) — Contributor — 195 copies
The Apocalypse Reader (2007) — Contributor — 195 copies
Epic: Legends of Fantasy (2012) — Contributor — 190 copies
Future on Fire (1991) — Contributor — 188 copies
A Treasury of Fantasy (1981) — Contributor — 185 copies
Wings of Fire (2010) — Contributor — 184 copies
Science Fiction Stories (1991) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 182 copies
New Legends (1995) — Contributor — 174 copies
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002) — Contributor — 170 copies
Full Spectrum 3 (1991) — Contributor — 168 copies
Tales from Earthsea [2006 film] (2006) — Original story — 168 copies
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995) — Contributor — 166 copies
The Best American Short Stories of the 80s (1990) — Contributor — 164 copies
The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers' Tales (2004) — Contributor — 164 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 162 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 (1970) — Contributor — 161 copies
The Fantastic Imagination (1977) — Contributor — 155 copies
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (1994) — Contributor — 148 copies
Nebula Award Stories Five (1970) — Contributor — 147 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 (1972) — Contributor — 146 copies
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001) — Contributor — 146 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 145 copies
Elsewhere: Tales of Fantasy (1982) — Contributor — 144 copies
Lightspeed: Year One (2011) — Contributor — 139 copies
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contributor — 138 copies
Starlight 2 (1998) — Translator — 138 copies
Diverse Energies (2012) — Contributor — 137 copies
Four Letter Word: New Love Letters (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies
Basilisk (1980) — Contributor — 136 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (2010) — Contributor — 135 copies
The Ultimate Dragon (1995) — Contributor — 135 copies
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998) — Contributor — 134 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 134 copies
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) — Contributor — 134 copies
Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003) — Contributor — 133 copies
The Best of the Nebulas (1989) — Contributor — 131 copies
Killing Me Softly: Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love (1995) — Contributor — 129 copies
Alien Contact (2011) — Contributor — 128 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 (1975) — Contributor — 127 copies
Xanadu (1993) — Contributor — 127 copies
Witches' Brew (2002) — Contributor — 126 copies
Bedtime Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Contributor — 125 copies
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (1997) — Contributor — 123 copies
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1960) — Contributor — 123 copies
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (1998) — Contributor — 123 copies
Bestiary! (1985) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (1974) — Contributor — 122 copies
Mistresses of the Dark [Anthology] (1998) — Contributor — 122 copies
Selected Stories of H. G. Wells (Modern Library Classics) (2004) — Introduction — 121 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 2 (1973-1975) (1977) — Contributor — 120 copies
Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 (2004) — Contributor — 119 copies
Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral (1957) — Translator, some editions — 119 copies
The Best American Essays 1990 (1990) — Contributor — 119 copies
Universe 5 (1974) — Contributor — 117 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 116 copies
Witches: Wicked, Wild, and Wonderful (2012) — Contributor — 115 copies
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 114 copies
Universe 1 (1990) — Contributor — 114 copies
New Dimensions 3 (1973) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Utopia Reader (1999) — Contributor — 113 copies
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women (2014) — Contributor — 110 copies
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020) — Contributor — 109 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 (1976) — Contributor — 108 copies
Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975) — Contributor — 106 copies
Orbit 12 (1973) — Author — 106 copies
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF (1979) — Contributor — 106 copies
Full Spectrum 4 (1993) — Contributor — 106 copies
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (2008) — Contributor — 104 copies
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (1983) — Contributor — 103 copies
Women Respond to the Men's Movement: A Feminist Collection (1992) — Contributor — 103 copies
Orbit 5 (1969) — Contributor — 102 copies
Magical Beginnings (2003) — Contributor — 101 copies
The Best of Crank! (1998) — Author — 100 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contributor — 100 copies
Cat Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Contributor — 100 copies
Sorcerers! (1986) — Contributor — 98 copies
Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 98 copies
The Good Old Stuff (1998) — Contributor — 96 copies
The Fantastic Imagination II (1978) — Contributor — 96 copies
The Norton Book of Friendship (1991) — Contributor — 96 copies
American Short Stories (1976) — Contributor, some editions — 95 copies
Visions of Wonder (1996) — Contributor — 91 copies
New Magics (2004) — Contributor — 91 copies
The American Fantasy Tradition (2002) — Contributor — 90 copies
Catastrophes! (1981) — Contributor — 90 copies
Mystery Stories: An Intriguing Collection (1996) — Contributor — 89 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 (1983) — Contributor — 88 copies
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 (2008) — Contributor — 84 copies
Holt Anthology of Science Fiction (2000) — Contributor — 82 copies
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1983) — Contributor — 81 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 79 copies
Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories (2016) — Contributor — 77 copies
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979) — Contributor — 76 copies
Magicats II! (1991) — Contributor — 76 copies
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion (2020) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1983 (1983) — Contributor — 73 copies
Terry's Universe (1987) — Contributor — 72 copies
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000) — Contributor — 69 copies
Best From Orbit Volumes 1-10 (1975) — Contributor — 69 copies
Future power: A science fiction anthology (1976) — Contributor — 69 copies
New Dimensions 1 (1971) — Contributor — 68 copies
A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (1996) — Author — 66 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 Edition (2013) — Contributor — 64 copies
Over the Rainbow Tales of Fantasy and Imagination (1983) — Contributor — 62 copies
Quark/1 (1970) — Contributor — 60 copies
Clarion II (1972) — Contributor — 59 copies
Brewing Fine Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Vintage Book of American Women Writers (2011) — Contributor — 57 copies
Orbit 6 (1970) — Contributor — 57 copies
Fellowship of the Stars (1974) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (2021) — Contributor — 55 copies
Letters to Tiptree (2015) — Contributor — 54 copies
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000) — Contributor — 54 copies
Survival of Freedom (1981) — Contributor — 54 copies
Timegates (1997) — Contributor — 53 copies
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (1976) — Contributor — 51 copies
Aurora: Beyond Equality (1976) — Contributor — 51 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14 (1988) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 49 copies
Clones! (1998) — Contributor — 48 copies
Science Fiction Contemporary Mythology (1978) — Contributor — 48 copies
Afterlives (1986) — Contributor — 47 copies
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 47 copies
Xanadu 2 (1994) — Contributor — 46 copies
Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 44 copies
Explorations of the Marvellous (1976) — Contributor — 44 copies
Introductory Psychology through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 44 copies
Blue Motel (1994) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies
Galileo's Children: Tales Of Science VS. Superstition (2005) — Contributor — 42 copies
In Dreams Awake (1975) — Contributor — 42 copies
Fantasy: The Best of 2001 (2002) — Contributor — 42 copies
Dream's Edge (1980) — Contributor — 41 copies
Clarion III (1973) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Dead Astronaut (1971) — Contributor — 40 copies
Horses! (1994) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Best Of New Dimensions (1979) — Author — 39 copies
Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology (2010) — Contributor — 38 copies
Aliens: Recent Encounters (2013) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Night Fantastic (1991) — Contributor — 38 copies
Dying for It: More Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love (1997) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Best from Galaxy Vol. 3 (1975) — Contributor — 35 copies
Fantasy: The Best of 2002 (2003) — Contributor — 35 copies
Top Fantasy (1974) — Contributor — 34 copies
Women of Vision : Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction (1988) — Contributor, some editions — 33 copies
The WisCon Chronicles (2007) — Contributor — 31 copies
First Voyages (1981) — Contributor — 30 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 30 copies
The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase (2005) — Contributor — 28 copies
Omni Best Science Fiction Three (1993) — Contributor — 28 copies
Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (1984) — Contributor — 28 copies
Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 27 copies
Is Anyone There? (1978) — Contributor — 27 copies
Squaring the Circle: A Pseudotreatise of Urbogony (1900) — Translator, some editions — 27 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2019 Edition (2019) — Contributor — 25 copies
The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Cat Stories (1997) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Best from Fantastic (1973) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Best from Amazing Stories (1973) — Contributor — 23 copies
Wild Women (1854) — Contributor — 23 copies
Lathe of Heaven [2002 TV movie] (2000) — Original book — 23 copies
Studies in Fiction (1965) — Contributor — 22 copies
Tolkiens Geschöpfe (2003) — Contributor — 20 copies
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Le manoir des roses (1978) — Contributor — 20 copies
Another World: Adventures in Otherness (1977) — Contributor — 20 copies
Exploring the Horizons (2000) — Contributor — 20 copies
Cassandra Rising (1978) — Contributor — 19 copies
Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part Two (1978) — Contributor — 19 copies
Dragon Lords and Warrior Women (2010) — Contributor; Contributor — 19 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 19, No. 8 [July 1995] (1995) — Contributor — 19 copies
KatSF (1993) — Author — 18 copies
The Best from Universe (1984) — Contributor — 17 copies
November Grass (2001) — Foreword, some editions — 16 copies
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (1975) — Contributor — 15 copies
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 9 (1979) — Contributor — 15 copies
Alien Contact [ebook] (2011) — Contributor — 14 copies
Visions and Imaginations: Classic Fantasy Fiction (2005) — Contributor — 13 copies
Tin House 53 (Fall 2012): Portland/Brooklyn (2012) — Contributor — 13 copies
Philosophers Look at Science Fiction (1982) — Contributor — 13 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 2 [February 2000] (1999) — Contributor — 13 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 19, No. 4 & 5 [April 1995] (1995) — Contributor — 13 copies
Alien Zones: Roadside Picnic / Hard to Be a God (2014) — Foreword, some editions — 12 copies
Orbit 14 (1974) — Contributor — 12 copies
Explorers of space: Eight stories of science fiction (1975) — Contributor — 12 copies
Fernes Licht (2000) — Contributor — 12 copies
Goldmann Fantasy Foliant I. Fantasy- Stories. (1983) — Contributor, some editions — 11 copies
The Playboy Book of Short Stories (1995) — Contributor — 11 copies
Tales in Space (1998) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Moment of Change (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies
As Tomorrow Becomes Today (1974) — Contributor — 10 copies
Science Fiction Almanach 1981. (1980) — Author, some editions — 10 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 20, No. 8 [August 1996] (1996) — Contributor — 9 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 38 • July 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 9 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 16 • September 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies
Ikarus 2001. Best of Science Fiction. (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies
Bifrost n°78 : Ursula K. Le Guin (2015) — Contributor — 7 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 29 • October 2012 (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
Legenden nieuwe verhalen van de meesters van de fantasy (1998) — Contributor — 7 copies
Across the Spectrum (2013) — Contributor — 7 copies
Like Water for Quarks (2011) — Contributor — 7 copies
Love Can Be: A Literary Collection about Our Animals (2018) — Contributor — 7 copies
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1976) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Word for World Is Still Forest (2017) — Contributor — 6 copies
Second Set Out — Foreword — 5 copies
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LLonaVahine | 59 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |
LOA's 2nd volume of Le Guin's sci fi novels are rounded out here including the 2nd major work on the Hainish world of her imagination. The other stories are also sci fi related with the exception of her introduction to "The Word for World is Forest," & her 1994 essay "On Not Reading Science Fiction" in which she writes provocatively to encourage readers to consider sci fi stories.
 
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walterhistory | 2 other reviews | May 21, 2024 |
Ms. Le Guin, who just passed away, is most known for her sci fi writings. Here are the first volume of her Hainish novels establishing her as equal to L'Engle's sci fi works. Her imagination is wide ranging as her characters come to life as they go to other planets establishing colonies or on earth facing dangerous sitiuations far into the future. Included in this volume are her 4 short stories & 6 essays speaking of her development of her sci fi stories.
 
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walterhistory | 5 other reviews | May 21, 2024 |
I’m finally three books into the Earthsea Cycle! In my journey reading this series, I actually started with The Tombs of Atuan, because it happened to be the only one I had lying around at the time. So reading Earthsea has been an interesting experience for me, trying to keep the timelines straight in my head. But no regrets! I absolutely love these books and this series.

For those who don’t know anything about Earthsea, the story is set in an imaginary archipelago, with different kingdoms on each island. Certain people have the ability to perform magic, which is done by learning the “true names” of things/beings, thereby having the ability to control or manipulate them. One of those people is a man named Ged, (aka Sparrowhawk). In the beginning of the series, he discovers his abilities and eventually goes to hone his skills at the magic academy on the island of Roke. Ged goes through some interesting trials and experiences in the first two books – A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan – and meets interesting people, dark spirits, and some dragons along the way. But I won’t go too in-depth about those, you’ll just have to read them. ;)

In The Farthest Shore, Ged is an older man, about 40-50 years of age, and he is now Archmage at the academy at Roke. The perspective of this story is told through the eyes of Arren, the teenage prince of a land to the north, who was sent to see Ged and tell of a dark message. In his land, tales have been reaching them of places where magic no longer works, that wizards have simply forgotten the words of magic. Ged too has heard these tales, and knows the threat is real. He and Arren therefore embark on a voyage to discover the source of this problem.

As with each of the Earthsea novels, there are some really great underlying themes to the story. Each has more or less had a “coming of age” element. In the first book, it was Ged’s; the second, Tenar’s. This book is Arren’s coming of age. Growing up in a pampered court environment, he’s never known hardship or combat. On his journeys with Ged, he goes through all these experiences, and more. He learns about resilience and survival. The book also deals with themes of life and death namely that there can’t be one without the other, and there is no reason to be scared of death because it’s a part of life.

“‘Death and life are the same thing – like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same… They can be neither separated, nor mixed.'”


There are also some great messages in this book about power, and the consequences that come with a greediness for power. The book’s villain strives for more and more power, and is blind to how his struggle for power has basically made his life meaningless.

But the way these themes are handled in the story are not the only thing that I loved about this book. First of all, it is very readable, once you get into the flow of Le Guin’s writing style. It’s not always linear but that’s what makes it interesting to me. There are a lot of flashback or dream-sequence moments that really add meat to the story. The writing is sometimes less about the plot and more about how the characters are reacting to that plot. The Farthest Shore, like its predecessors, is also every beautifully descriptive. Le Guin definitely also went above and beyond with the world-building in this volume. I felt like we saw even more islands than in A Wizard of Earthsea, and she went way more in-depth with writing about the behaviors and lifestyles of the inhabitants of each island. Another thing I really loved about this installment is the very haunting villain, and the dark sense of foreboding that is built up throughout the story.

Overall, I would totally recommend The Farthest Shore, along with the first two books in the series. The Earthsea Cycle is truly a unique series, and really unlike any other fantasy novel I’ve read. It just has a completely different feel. One big difference setting it apart from other fantasy stories is that the main characters are primarily people of color – white characters are actually the minority, which is something you hardly ever see. The setting also stands out, and doesn’t really have that medieval-retelling-feel that most novels seem to have – not that I’m opposed to that, it’s just awesome to read something different once in a while. Oh and if those reasons aren’t good enough… THERE ARE DRAGONS!! What more could you need?? Whatever the case, please start reading The Earthsea Cycle! You will not be disappointed.

Final rating:

★★★★★

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