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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]
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər l ə ˈ ɡ w ɪ n / KROH-bər lə GWIN; [1] née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author.She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series.
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (/ ˈ oʊ m ə ˌ l ɑː s / [1]) is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child ...
It contains Le Guin's most extensive description of Hain's environment and culture in her work. [ 1 ] The history of the Hainish people goes back three million years, and they placed colonies on many planets, including Earth and Werel.
"The Word of Unbinding" is a short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the January 1964 issue of Fantastic, and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. [1]
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]
Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Downes-Le Guin, who also serves as ...
Ursula K. Le Guin's universe of Earthsea first appeared in two short stories, "The Rule of Names" (1964) and "The Word of Unbinding" (1964), both published in Fantastic. These stories developed early concepts for the fictional world. [8] They were both later anthologized in Le Guin's collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters, published in 1975. [9]