For more than four decades, Ursula K. Le Guin has enthralled readers with her imagination, clarity, and moral vision. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, this renowned writer has, in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday...

Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka--the Corporation--is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and...

"After opening with "Buffalo gals," this book continues with an array of animal presences interspersed with oral commentaries that just happen to be written down, much as you would hear at a Le Guin reading. You will confront a broad variety of point-of-view shifts to mull over long after this book is put down. The kingdoms of our world--animal, vegetable and mineral, to say nothing of mankind-- have no firm boundaries in the cosmos that Le Guin envisions."--Dust...

A collection of twenty-four essays concerned with writing in general, the field of fantasy and science fiction, and with the author's own writing.

Hugh and Irena assumed that they had just stumbled upon Tembraebrezi, a beginning place, but Tembraebrezi has a secret dark fear that is threatening the kingdom and Hugh and Irena were led to the beginning place for a purpose.

The sorcerer Alder has the power of mending, but it may have become the power of destruction: every night he dreams of the wall between the land of the living and the land of the dead, and the wall is being dismantled. If the wall is breached, the dead will invade Earthsea. Ged, once Archmage of Earthsea, sends Alder to King Lebannen. Now Alder and the king must join with a burned woman, a wizard of forbidden lore, and a being who is woman and dragon...

Eight tales, several on churten technology which allows people to travel instantaneously. In the title story a scientist is sent back in time, his opportunity to accept the love he once rejected, while The Kerastion is on a musical instrument which cannot be heard. By the author of Searoad.

Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings. The Wave in the Mind includes some of Le Guin's finest literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts...

A collection of poems by Ursula K Le Guin that explore the variations, triumphs, and tragedies of day-to-day life.