Ursula K. Le Guin, née Kroeber, is a celebrated, prolific American writer, known primarily for her literary contributions to the genres of science fiction and fantasy. To date, she has published seven books of poetry, twenty-two novels, over a hundred short stories (collected in eleven volumes), four collections of essays, twelve books for children, and four volumes of translation. In terms of accolades, she is the recipient of dozens of literary awards; among them are nineteen Locus Awards, five Nebula Awards, and five Hugo Awards. In addition to these accomplishments, Le Guin was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist and, in 2000, the United States Library of Congress named her a “Living Legend”. Her most popular works include the Earthsea series and her Hainish Cycle series.
Science Fiction is, more often than not, discredited as “light” literature. However, Ursula K. Le Guin’s body of work has been consistently praised for its exploration of themes of equality, gender politics, or xenophobia. In Le Guin’s novels, the...
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin first appeared in Amazing Stories magazine in 1971. The title of the book, as well as some quotes placed in the beginning of every chapter, are taken from Chuang Tzu works. Others are taken from H. G. Wells,...
The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published in 1969. After its publication, the novel attained great popularity, and it was just a year later that it was rewarded as the year’s Best Novel in Hugo...
The following stories are a collection of some of Ursula Le Guin’s most famous short stories and novelettes. They are set in various complex worlds in unknown galaxies; together, these stories explore concepts of sociology, psychology, religion,...
A Wizard Of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written for young adults by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in 1968 by a small publishing house called Parnassus. Early concepts for the book were explored in two short stories,...
Ursula Le Guin's science fiction novella, The Word for World is Forest, has the unusual distinction of having been published for the first time twice; the first time it appeared was in 1972, in an anthology of similar writings entitled Again,...
