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The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.It received nominations for the 1972 Hugo [1] and the 1971 Nebula Award, [2] and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. [1]
The Tombs of Atuan / ˈ æ t uː ɑː n / [4] is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the Winter 1970 issue of Worlds of Fantasy, and published as a book by Atheneum Books in 1971.
Le Guin's first published work was the poem "Folksong from the Montayna Province" in 1959, while her first short story was "An die Musik", in 1961; both were set in her fictional country of Orsinia. Her first professional publication was the short story "April in Paris" in 1962, while her first published novel was Rocannon's World , released by ...
The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction was announced in October 2021. The award is managed by the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust and a panel of jurors. The prize is worth US$25,000 and is awarded annually to "a single book-length work of imaginative fiction." [222] [223] The inaugural winner was Khadija Abdalla Bajaber for her book The House ...
The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction. [7]
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin.Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001).
Susan Wood wrote that the collection was a good showcase of Le Guin's "rapid development as a writer" in the period following the publication of her first stories, [42] and that the collection was essential to understanding Le Guin. [5] The Salt Lake Tribune called the book a "collection of excellence only a handful of writers can match". [43]
Four Ways to Forgiveness is a collection of four short stories and novellas by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.All four stories are set in the future and deal with the planets Yeowe and Werel, both members of the Ekumen, a collective of planets used by Le Guin as part of the background for many novels and short stories in her Hainish Cycle.