Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
Born: 10/21/1929Ursula K. Le Guin Biography & Notes
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. While she has written novels, poetry, childen's books, and essays, she is best known for her science fiction and fantasy, which she has written in the form of novels and short stories. Le Guin has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1958. The daughter of the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber, Le Guin is noted for her exploration of Taoist, anarchist, feminist, psychological, and sociological themes and for her exemplary style.
First published in the 1960s, she is now regarded as one of the best science fiction authors. She has received several Hugo and Nebula awards, and was awarded the Gandalf Grand Master award in 1979 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award in 2003.
Her interests in literature manifested themselves early. At the age of 11, she submitted her first story to Astounding Science Fiction (it was not accepted.) She attended Harvard University's Radcliffe College, then Columbia University, graduating with an M.A. She later studied in France, where she met her husband, Charles Le Guin. Her earliest writings (little of which were published at the time, but some of which resurfaced in altered form years later in Orsinian Tales and Malafrena), were nonfantastic stories of imaginary countries. Searching for a publishable way to express her interests, she re-awakened her interest in science fiction, beginning to publish regularly in the early 1960s. She became notable with the publication of her 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Much of Le Guin's science fiction work is distinguished from other examples of the genre by its strong emphasis on the social sciences, including sociology and anthropology. Her works often make use of unusual alien cultures to convey a message about our own culture; one example is the exploration of sexual identity via the gender-shifting natives of The Left Hand of Darkness.
Le Guin is known for her ability to create believable worlds populated by deeply human characters (regardless of whether they are technically 'human'). Her fantasy works (such as the Earthsea books) are much more focused on the human condition than are works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien. However, away from the everyday level, they share with Tolkien � and, by definition, with most epic high fantasy � the illiberal notion that only the "true king" can save the world's broader problems. Le Guin has also written fiction set much closer to home; many of her short stories are set in our world in the present or the near future.
First published in the 1960s, she is now regarded as one of the best science fiction authors. She has received several Hugo and Nebula awards, and was awarded the Gandalf Grand Master award in 1979 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award in 2003.
Her interests in literature manifested themselves early. At the age of 11, she submitted her first story to Astounding Science Fiction (it was not accepted.) She attended Harvard University's Radcliffe College, then Columbia University, graduating with an M.A. She later studied in France, where she met her husband, Charles Le Guin. Her earliest writings (little of which were published at the time, but some of which resurfaced in altered form years later in Orsinian Tales and Malafrena), were nonfantastic stories of imaginary countries. Searching for a publishable way to express her interests, she re-awakened her interest in science fiction, beginning to publish regularly in the early 1960s. She became notable with the publication of her 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Much of Le Guin's science fiction work is distinguished from other examples of the genre by its strong emphasis on the social sciences, including sociology and anthropology. Her works often make use of unusual alien cultures to convey a message about our own culture; one example is the exploration of sexual identity via the gender-shifting natives of The Left Hand of Darkness.
Le Guin is known for her ability to create believable worlds populated by deeply human characters (regardless of whether they are technically 'human'). Her fantasy works (such as the Earthsea books) are much more focused on the human condition than are works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien. However, away from the everyday level, they share with Tolkien � and, by definition, with most epic high fantasy � the illiberal notion that only the "true king" can save the world's broader problems. Le Guin has also written fiction set much closer to home; many of her short stories are set in our world in the present or the near future.
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The Altered I by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lee John Harding ( 1976) |
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Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Todd Barton, George Hersh ( 2001)
An experimental novel that urges readers to take a more active role by creating the parts of the story themselves. Le Guin provides pieces of the story, and, from those raw materials, the reader constructs the rest. Moreover, in "Always Coming Home", the beginning is arbitrary--there is a thematic center to the novel, and the narrative branches out in many directions from the center. It includes poems, plays, short stories, commentary, music, recipes, essays, and information about the fictional Kesh tribe in article-glossary format. This book is a multimedia product--including pictures, text, and a cassette featuring music and spoken word--and was created about ten years before CD-ROM technology filtered down to a mass audience.
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Always Coming Home/Paperback Book and Cassette by Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Todd Barton, George Hersh ( 1985)
An experimental novel that urges readers to take a more active role by creating the parts of the story themselves. Le Guin provides pieces of the story, and, from those raw materials, the reader constructs the rest. Moreover, in "Always Coming Home", the beginning is arbitrary--there is a thematic center to the novel, and the narrative branches out in many directions from the center. It includes poems, plays, short stories, commentary, music, recipes, essays, and information about the fictional Kesh tribe in article-glossary format. This book is a multimedia product--including pictures, text, and a cassette featuring music and spoken word--and was created about ten years before CD-ROM technology filtered down to a mass audience.
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The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1980)
Two young people who cross over from everyday reality and meet in the magical village of Tembreabrezi volunteer to take on and destroy the unknown malevolent force that is threatening the village with destruction.
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The Best of Playboy Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul Theroux, Lawrence Sanders, Kurt Vonnegut, Andre Dubus ( 1997) |
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The Blind Geometer/the New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson ( 1989) |
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Buffalo Gals And Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1994)
A collection by an award-winning author includes ten short tales, eighteen poems, and the title story in which a child survives a plane crash and enters a Dream Time of primitive myths and an all-knowing coyote. Reissue.
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Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1990)
Stories and poems deal with coyotes, lions, ants, cats, donkeys, horses, hawkes, plants, and rocks.
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Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Seddon Boulet ( 1994)
In this intriguing tale (not for children), storyteller extraordinaire Ursula K. Le Guin explores the magic of animals. Her animal characters -- from the irreverent trickster Coyote to the wise matriarch Grandmother Spider -- seem like people to us, just as they do to the little girl who finds herself living among them. We learn, with the girl, that these "Old People" once lived freely on the earth but now must maintain their lifeways carefully alongside the "New People" -- humans. Susan Seddon Boulet chose this tale to illustrate, completing twenty works for its publication. They are extremely effective in bringing Le Guin's characters to life, imbuing them, of course, with Boulet's singular vision of the otherworldly realms occupied by animal spirits. This book is a must for any serious collector of Boulet art. Le Guin's and Boulet's works found here are expressive and fascinating in their own rights; combined, they form one of those perfect marriages of art and text. -- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Cat Dreams by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2009)
Best known for her science fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin shares the lyrical dreams of a cat in this beguiling picture book. In her dreams, mice rain down from the sky, a fountain of cream flows, and catnip is plentiful. There are also threatening dogs, but a fabulous Trojan cat takes care of them. But the tortoiseshell cat soon finds that she needs a new, soft location for her nap, what could it be? With illustrations.
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Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
A highly acclaimed novel about the adventures of four winged tabby cats who leave the city in search of a safe place to live.
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Catwings Collection by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
The four award-winning stories of the Catwings are brought together in a brand-new, beautiful boxed set for the first time ever. Now readers can follow all of the adventures of the winged cats who escape the dangerous and dirty city to live in the countryside. From the original four cats, James, Roger, Thelma and Harriet, to their new friends, Jane and Alexander, the fantasy that is so wonderfully realistic is brought to life by S. D. Schindler's delicate, yet vibrant illustrations.
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Catwings Return by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
The further adventures of the four winged cats first introduced in "Catwings." In this story, the siblings return to their birthplace in search of their non-winged mother, Mrs. Jane Tabby. Illustrated with watercolor etchings.
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Cheek by Jowl by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2009) |
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City Of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1984)
Among the thousands of dreamers who arrive in Nevada lured by the prospect of finding gold and silver, Eilley Orrum Hunter Cowan Bowers is determined to become rich and build an empire.
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The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1988) North to Orsinia and the boundaries between reality and madness ... South to discover Antarctica with nine South American women ... West to find an enchanted harp and the borderland between life and death ... and onward to all points on and off the compass. Twenty astonishing stories from acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin carry us to worlds of wonder and horror, desire and destiny, enchantment and doom. |
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Dancing at the Edge of the World Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1990)
The celebrated author offers her thoughts on a broad range of subjects, including literary criticism, the state of science fiction writing today, and government and governmental policies.
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Dialogues With Northwest Writers by Ursula K. Le Guin, Tom Robbins, John Keeble ( 2001) |
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The Diaries of Adam & Eve by Mark Twain ( 1996)
Mock diary entries offer a humorous view of life in the Garden of Eden and the nature of human character.
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The Dispossessed An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1994)
A brilliant physicist attempts to salvage his planet of anarchy.
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Las Doce Morada's Del Viento/the Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1985)
Nine stories reveal the author's sustained concern with human relationships and values in past and future worlds of fantasy, speculation, and unearthly provision.
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Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1983) |
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Earthsea The Tombs Of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004) |
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Earthsea Revisioned by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1993) |
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The Earthsea Trilogy A Wizard of Earthsea, the Tombs of Autan, the Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1985) |
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En El Otro Viento by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003) |
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Escritoras Y Escritura by Ursula K. Le Guin, Angelica Gorodischer ( 1992) |
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The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1991)
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea.
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Fire and Stone by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1989)
A terrifying dragon terrorizes the people of the village, setting fire to fields and forests, until two young children, Min and Podo, discover a secret that can save their town.
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Fish Soup by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1992)
Best friends, the Thinking Man of Moha and the Writing Woman of Maho believe that it would be convenient to have a child who could run messages between them, but the magical children that they conjure up are not quite what they had expected.
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A Fisherman Of The Inland Sea Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2005) The winner of the Pushcart Prize, the Kafka Award, and the National Book Award, Ursula K. Le Guin has created a profound and transformational literature. The award-winning stories in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea range from the everyday to the outer limits of experience, where the quantum uncertainties of space and time are resolved only in the depths of the human heart. Astonishing in their diversity and power, they exhibit both the artistry of a major writer at the height of her powers and the humanity of a mature artist confronting the world with her gift of wonder still intact. |
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Four Ways To Forgiveness Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1995)
Four interconnected novellas are set on the twin planets Werel and Yeowe and follow the stories of such characters as the disgraced revolutionary Abberkam, the callow "space brat" Solly, and the androgynous artist Batikam.
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From Elfland to Poughkeepsie by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1973) |
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Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2006)
This lyrically written YA fantasy, by the critically acclaimed author of the Earthsea series, concerns the nature of responsibility to one's family, one's abilities, and oneself. The people of the Uplands use their psychic powers, or gifts, as weapons in their endless petty feuds. Sixteen-year-old Orrec's power, the ability to "undo," or destroy, both inanimate and living things at a glance is seemingly uncontrollable, so he has willingly blindfolded himself for the past three years. Meanwhile, Gry, Orrec's friend since childhood and the woman whom he longs to marry, refuses to use her gift of animal communication to call beasts to be slaughtered during the hunt. Together, the two wonder if there is a way to use their gifts positively, and whether there is more of value to each of them than simply their magic.
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Going Out With Peacocks and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1994)
A warm, funny, and eloquent collection of poems by the celebrated author of Always Coming Homeand The Language of the Night.
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Gwilans Harp by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1981) |
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Gwilans Harp and Intracom by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1980) |
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Hard Words, and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1981)
Short poems by the successful science-fiction writer deal with Cornwall, New York City, and Oregon, and portray the wisdom of other cultures and beliefs.
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Historias De Terramar I by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2005) |
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Historias de Terramar obra completa by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2007) |
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In the Red Zone by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1983) |
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Incredible Good Fortune New Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2007) |
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Interfaces by Ursula K. Le Guin, Virginia Kidd ( 1980) |
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Intracom and Gwilan's Harp by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1992) |
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Jane On Her Own by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
Jane is the youngest of the five Catwings, cats who have wings and can fly. She lives on a farm with her brothers and sisters, but while they are content, she is restless and longs for adventure. Her sister Harriet warns her that "If human beings saw cats with wings, they'd put us in cages." But Jane refuses to listen... and when she flies to the city, she becomes the captive of a man who wants to make her a TV star. Jane has to figure out a way to escape, to regain her friends and her freedom.
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Kalpa Imperial The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Ursula K. Le Guin, Angelica Gorodischer ( 2003)
This set of connected stories is the first work by Argentinian writer Angelica Gorodischer to be translated into English. The translator is noted American SF writer Ursula K. Le Guin. A series of storytellers recount episodes from the history of a vast empire and its variously brave, cowardly, clever, foolish, sane, and mad rulers and subjects. Taken together, the stories suggest that while the actions of one or many may have an effect--good or bad--for a few generations, everyone's deeds are crushed beneath the vast weight of history in the end, leaving a blank slate for the future. Only the storytellers, who maintain the empire's oral tradition, understand that one must know history in order to avoid repeating it. However, most people don't heed that wisdom, and end up making the same mistakes.
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The Language of the Night Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood ( 1992)
A Nebula and Hugo Award-winning writer of science fiction presents a collection of essays that explores the various issues, concepts, challenges, and paradoxes that confront the science fiction writer.
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Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin, J.P. Seaton ( 2009)
A National Book Award-winning author, and student of the Tao Te Ching for over 50 years, offers her own thoughtful rendering of the Taoist scripture, a version that lets the ancient text speak to modern people, and provides personal commentary, notes on the text, and 2 CDs of the text read by the author.
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Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao-Tzu, Jerome P Seaton ( 1998)
Now in paperback--a richly poetic version of the Taoist classic by one of America's leading literary figures.
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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1998)
Ursula Le Guin referred to this novel as her "homage a Philip K. Dick." George Orr is a draftsman whose dreams are changing reality. He takes speed to stay awake, and barbiturates so that when he does fall asleep he won't dream. But ultimately he consults with Dr. Haber, a psychiatrist who--delighted at George's talent--hooks him up to a machine and sets about reforming the world. What Dr. Haber does not consider is that when one part of reality is changed--no matter how lofty the goal--other parts must also change as a consequence. When George awakens, he fights Haber's attempts to manipulate him. Nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards, this novel was the winner of the 1972 Locus Poll Award.
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Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2008)
Growing up in ancient Italy, Lavinia is on the verge of a betrothal to Turnus, the handsome king of nearby Rulli, when a fleet of Trojan ships, under the command of Aeneas, sails up the Tiber, and Lavinia sets out to control her own destiny and find the love of her life, in a historical novel that puts a female twist on Virgil's classic,
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Leese Webster by Ursula K. Le Guin, James Brunsman ( 1979)
A palace spider's extraordinary webs, which imitate paintings and carvings, take a new turn when she is thrown out into the garden.
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Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1980)
While on a mission to the planet Gethen, earthling Genly Ai is sent by leaders of the nation of Orgoreyn to a concentration camp from which the exiled prime minister of the nation of Karhide tries to rescue him.
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Malafrena by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1979)
In the land of Orsinia, Itale Sorde, heir to the beautiful Malafrena Valley, becomes a member of a revolutionary group and moves to the city of Krasnoy, forsaking Malafrena.
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The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, James Tiptree ( 1975) |
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Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1992) |
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November Grass by Judy Van Der Veer ( 2001) |
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1992)
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
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Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004) Orsinia ... a land of medieval forests, stonewalled cities, and railways reaching into the mountains where the old gods dwell. A country where life is harsh, dreams are gentle, and people feel torn by powerful forces and fight to remain whole. In this enchanting collection, Ursula K. Le Guin brings to mainstream fiction the same compelling mastery of word and deed, of story and character, of violence and love, that has won her the Pushcart Prize, and the Kafka and National Book Awards. |
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Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
Haunted by terrifying dreams of the land of death and of the dead who seek to invade Earthsea through him, the sorcerer Alder enlists the aid of Ged, a former Archmage, who advises him and his companions to find the holiest place in the world, the Immanent Grove on Roke, which holds the key to preserving Earthsea. Reprint.
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Paises Imaginarios/Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1985)
The universal need for human freedom and love and the horrors of government oppression are recurring themes in this collected short fiction.
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UN Pescador Del Mar Interior by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2002) |
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Planet of Exile Library Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1982)
An alliance between the powerful Tevars and the brown-skinned, clairvoyant Farbons must take place if the two colonies are to withstand the fierce attack of the nomadic tribes from the north of the planet Eltanin.
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Poems from the Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke ( 2009)
A gift edition of classic translations retains the harmony and suggestive imagery of Rilke's original works and features selections written as philosophical prayers to a God who reflects the artistic part of humanity. Original.
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Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2007)
In the third entry in Ursula K. Le Guin's widely acclaimed Annals of the Western Shore saga (GIFTS and VOICES), Gav, a young slave, finds that he has amazing powers of recollection: he can remember a page of text after seeing it only once, and sometimes, he can even "remember" things that haven't happened yet. Gav's world is turned brutally upside-down when his sister is killed by a member of the household he has been taught to trust, and, blinded by sorrow, he runs away from the only world he has ever known, embarking on a journey of transformation and discovery.
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A Ride on the Red Mare's Back by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1992)
With the aid of her magic wooden horse, a brave girl travels to the High House in the mountains to rescue her kidnapped brother from the trolls.
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Rocannon's World Library Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2007)
The first book in the Hainish series. Adapted and expanded from a short story called "The Dowry of Angyar," this was Le Guin's debut novel, and it follows the journey to self-discovery of a man abandoned alone in a planet.
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Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004)
In one of her most deeply felt works of fiction, Le Guin explores the dreams and sorrows of the inhabitants of Klatsand, Oregon, a beach town where ordinary people bring their dreams and sorrows for a weekend or the rest of their lives, and sometimes learn to read what the sea writes on the sand. Searoad is the story of a particular place that could be any place, and of a people so distinctly drawn they could be any of us.
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Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral by Gabriela Mistral, Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003) |
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Selected Stories of H. G. Wells by Ursula K. Le Guin, H. G. Wells ( 2004) |
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She's Fantastical by ( 2003) |
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Sixty Odd New Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1999)
Here is the first new book of poems in more than a decade from the author so well known for her thought-provoking science fiction novels. It is also the most autobiographical of Ursula K. Le Guin's five poetry collections, taking its inspiration from the wisdom and perspective that a woman attains in her sixties. Here she is at turns wry, playful, and sharply critical, with finely observed details of her day-to-day life and moving philosophical reflections on growing older. Le Guin's most recent poetry volume, Going Out with Peacocks (Harper, 1994), sold 5,000 copies.
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Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1988)
A giraffe and a boa constrictor go to sea in a small boat and are swallowed by Solomon Leviathan, the ancient whale who swallowed Jonah and Pinocchio.
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Steering the Craft Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1998)
With her sharp mind and wit, one of the great writers of the 20th century offers an exhilarating workout for prose writers at all stages of development. "Steering the Craft" is only concerned with the "basic elements of narrative: how a story is told, what moves and what clogs it, right down to the level of the elements of language". Examples are drawn from such great and diverse writers as Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens.
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Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events that occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history, and magic of this fantastical place. Reprint.
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Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2001)
When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown destiny.
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The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2001)
An observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, Sutty is assigned to a new world in which a ruthless monolithic Corporation, seeking rapid technological advancement, has outlawed ancient beliefs and customs, but as Sutty journeys deep into the countryside and mountains, she discovers the Telling, the old faith of the Akans, a banned religion that teaches her about the meaning of her own existence. Reprint.
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Through Other Eyes Animal Stories by Women by Annie Dillard, Doris Lessing, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alice Walker, Ir Zahava ( 1988) |
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The Time Machine An Invention by H. G. Wells ( 2002)
When the intrepid Time Traveller finds himself in the year 802,701, he encounters a seemingly utopian society of evolved human beings but then unearths the dark secret that sets mankind on course toward its inevitable destruction. An insightful look into a distant, bleak, and disturbing future, The Time Machine goes beyond the reaches of science fiction to provide a strikingly relevant discussion of social progress, class struggle, and the human condition.
Hailed as a masterpiece of its genre, H. G. Wells’s famous novella about the perils of history and the hubris of modernity comes vividly alive in this remarkable reissue of a unique 1931 illustrated edition. |
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Tom Mouse by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2002)
Tom Mouse hides on the train he has boarded for travel and adventure, but an old woman finds and befriends him.
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Tombs Of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2001)
An isolated young priestess reclaims her past and her future in this YA fantasy, the second installment in the classic Earthsea series. As a child, Tenar was taken away from her parents and taken to a shrine deep in the desert. There, she was renamed Arha, the Eaten One, and raised to be High Priestess of the Nameless Ones--the ancient spirits that rule the eternally dark Tombs of Atuan. The uniqueness of her position makes Arha's life fairly lonely and monotonous, and despite her lofty title, she does not have a great deal of power over others. But her circumstances undergo a dramatic and welcome change when she encounters a thief intent on stealing the Tombs' most valuable treasure. The thief is actually a wizard named Ged, the protagonist of the previous book, A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. A 1972 Newbery Honor Book.
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Las Tumbas De Atuan/the Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1986)
A wizard enters the underground domain of Arha, high priestess of the Powers of the Earth, in an attempt to steal her palace's greatest treasure.
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The Twins, the Dream / Las Gemelas, El Sueno Two Voices Poems = DOS Voces Poemas by Ursula K. Le Guin, Diana Bellessi ( 1996)
THIS INNOVATIVE PROJECT in poetry translation serves as a model for both cross-cultural interpretation and individual poetic exchange by authors. Two internationally recognized poets, Ursula K. Le Guin of the United States and Diana Bellesi of Argentina, have translated each other's works as a means of bridging cultural gaps and promoting cross-cultural and bilingual understanding. Both poets are fluent in English and Spanish, but neither is sufficiently bilingual to re-create her own works in the second language. After years of working together and perfecting their translations of each other's poems, both Le Guin and Bellessi are now ready to issue their works in this composite anthology, so appropriately entitled The Twins, the Dream: Two Voices/Las gemelas, el sueno: dos voces. In this poetic collaboration the two consummate voices of the Americas artfully reinterpret the "Song of Myself" from a hemispheric perspective, now, as we are on the dawning of a new century in which the art and identity on both sides of the equator will be causes for integration rather than division.
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The Twins, the Dream/Las Gemelas, El Sueno Two Voices/DOS Voces, Poems/Poemas by Ursula K. Le Guin, Diana Bellessi ( 1997)
Two internationally acclaimed poets interpret each other's work into their native language in an effort at bridging cultural gaps between their respective countries and promoting cross-cultural understanding.
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Unlocking the Air and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1996)
Eighteen short stories by the popular author that originally appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, Playboy, Harper's and Omni, reveal the strangeness that can be found in ordinary life. National ad/promo.
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Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1979) |
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Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004) |
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Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004) |
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The Visionary The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden Audubon's Early Years by Ursula K. Le Guin, Scott Sanders ( 1984)
Two short novels portray John James Audubon's childhood and the experiences of a girl in the California of the future.
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The Visionary, Wonders Hidden by Scott R. Sanders, Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1988)
An omnibus edition of a substantially abbreviated version of Le Guin's book, "Always Coming Home", and a piece by Scott Russell Sanders.
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A Visit from Dr. Katz by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1988)
Although Marianne is sick and has to stay in bed, she is cheered up by medicinal treatment from her two cats.
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Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2006)
When the conquerors of Ansul deem acts of reading and writing punishable by death, seventeen-year-old Memer, who has found a safe haven in the Oracle House, where the last books are hidden, finds her life forever changed by the arrival of an Uplands poet.
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The Water Is Wide by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1976) |
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The Wave in the Mind Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2004)
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 of writing and reading.
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The Way of the Water's Going Images of the Northern California Coastal Range by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1989) |
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Wild Angels by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1975) |
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Wild Oats and Fireweed New Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1988)
Poems consider farm life, travel, highways, beaches, sex roles, the poor, hunger, family, marriage, and writing.
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters Seventeen Stories of Fantastic Adventure by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1991)
A collection of seventeen stories by the award-winning science fiction writer range from fantasy works, to stories surrounding scientific concepts, to stories set in medieval times.
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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1991)
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
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Wonderful Alexander And The Catwing by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003) |
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Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2003)
Wonderful Alexander, the kitten who is the biggest, stongest, and loudest in his family, thinks he is destined for wonderful things. No sooner has he set out to explore on his own than he is chased up a tree and stuck there. His rescuer, Jane, a black kitten with wings, leads him to her home, where Alexander meets the other Catwings.Alexander soon learns how he can repay Jane, who has been so wonderful to him. He helps Jane confront her greatest fear.
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Word for the World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2006) |
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Worlds Of Exile And Illusion Three Complete Novels Of The Hainish Series In One Volume by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2008)
The author's first three novels--City of Illusions, Rocannon's World, and Planet of Exile--are included in an omnibus edition, all set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness, as her characters battle forces in society that seek to tear them apart. Book available.
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Worlds Of Exile And Illusion Three Complete Novels Of The Hainish Series In One Volume by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 2007)
The author's first three novels--City of Illusions, Rocannon's World, and Planet of Exile--are included in an omnibus edition, all set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness, as her characters battle forces in society that seeks to tear them apart. Book available.
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Worlds of Exile and Illusion Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin ( 1996)
Three classic novels are offered in one volume by SF's greatest living female writer. These novels, City of Illusions, Rocannon's World, and Planet of Exile, are set in the same universe as the author's ground-breaking The Left Hand of Darkness. "Le Guin is the ideal science fiction writer for readers who ordinarily dislike science fiction".--The Atlantic Monthly.
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