Ursula K. Le Guin
Critique • Works
Born
Berkeley, California, U.S., 1929
Died
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Places lived
Steventon, Hampshire, England; Winchester, Hampshire
Nationality
English
Publications
Novels, novellas, story collection, essay collection, poetry, storybooks, criticism
Genres
Science fiction, fantasy, children's literature
Writing language
English
Literature
• The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)
• The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
• The Dispossessed (1974)
Novels
• A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
• The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
• The Dispossessed (1974)
Novel Series
• The Hainish Cycle (1964–2000)
• The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)
Stories
• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)
• "Buffalo Girls, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (1987)
Story Collections
• The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
American Literature
• The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)
• The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
• The Dispossessed (1974)
• The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
Adventure Fiction
• The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)
Fantasy Literature
• A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
Fantasy Series
• The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)
Fantasy Stories
• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)
• "Buffalo Girls, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (1987)
Science Fiction
• The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
• The Dispossessed (1974)
Science Fiction Series
• The Hainish Cycle (1964–2000)
Science Fiction Stories
• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)
Works published in book form
Planet of Exile, novel, 1966
Rocannon's World, novel, 1966
City of Illusions, novel, 1967
A Wizard of Earthsea, novel, 1968
The Left Hand of Darkness, novel, 1969
The Lathe of Heaven, novel, 1971
The Tombs of Atuan, novel, 1971
The Farthest Shore, novel, 1972
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, essay collection, 1973
The Dispossessed, novel, 1974
Dreams Must Explain Themselves Story, speech and essay collection, 1975
Story "The Rule of Names", National Book Award Acceptance Speech, essay "Dreams Must Explain Themselves"
Wild Angels, poetry collection, 1975
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, story collection, 1975
"Semley's Necklace", "April in Paris", "The Masters", "Darkness Box", "The Word of Unbinding", "The Rule of Names", "Winter's King", "The Good Trip", "Nine Lives", "Things", "A Trip to the Head", "Vaster than Empires and More Slow", "The Stars Below", "The Field of Vision", "Direction of the Road", "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", "The Day Before the Revolution"
Orsinian Tales, story collection, 1976
"The Fountains", "The Barrow", "Ile Forest", "Conversations At Night", "The Road East", "Brothers and Sisters", "A Week in the Country", "An die Musik", "The House", "The Lady of Moge", "Imaginary Countries"
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, novel, 1976
Walking in Cornwall, chapbook, 1976
The Water Is Wide, chapbook, 1976
The Altered I: An Encounter with Science Fiction, essay (chapbook), 1976
The Eye of the Heron, novel, 1978
Leese Webster, chapbook, 1979
Malafrena, novel, 1979
Tillai and Tylissos, chapbook, 1979
The Language of the Night, essay collection, 1979
The Beginning Place, novel
Hard Words and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1981
The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune, children's book, 1982
The Compass Rose, story collection, 1982
"'The Author of the Acacia Seeds' and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics", "The New Atlantis", "Schrödinger's Cat", "Two Delays on the Northern Line", "SQ", "Small Change", "The First Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb", "The Diary of the Rose", "The White Donkey", "The Phoenix", "Intracom", "The Eye Altering", "Mazes", "The Pathways of Desire", "Gwilan's Harp", "Malheur County", "The Water Is Wide", "The Wife's Story", "Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortage of Time", "Sur"
The Art of Bunditsu, essay (chapbook), 1982
In the Red Zone , chapbook, 1983
Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World, children's book, 1983
Always Coming Home, novel, 1985
King Dog: A Screenplay Screenplay, 1985
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences, novel, 1987
Catwings, storybook, 1988
Fire and Stone, children's book, 1988
A Visit from Dr. Katz, children's book, 1988
Wild Oats and Fireweed: New Poems, poetry collection, 1988
Catwings Return, storybook, 1989
Dancing at the Edge of the World, essay collection, 1989
DWay of the Water's Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range, essay collection, 1989
Tehanu, novel, 1990
Searoad, story collection, 1991
A Winter Solstice Ritual, chapbook, 1991
Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction, essay (chapbook), 1991
Findings, chapbook, 1992
Fish Soup, children's book, 1992
No Boats, chapbook, 1992
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back, children's book, 1992
Talking About Writing, essay (chapbook), 1992
Blue Moon over Thurman Street, chapbook, 1993
Earthsea Revisioned, essay, 1993
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, novella and story collection, 1994
Going out with Peacocks and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1994
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, storybook, 1994
Four Ways to Forgiveness, novella and story collection, 1995
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories, story collection, 1996
The Twins, The Dream: Two Voices/Las Gemelas, El Sueño: Dos Voces, poetry collection, with Diana Bellessi, 1997
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, essay collection, 1998
Jane On Her Own, storybook, 1999
Sixty Odd, poetry collection, 1999
The Telling, novel, 2000
The Other Wind, novel, 2001
Tales from Earthsea, story and essay collection, 2001
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories, story collection, 2002
Changing Planes, children's book, 2002
Tom Mouse, novel, 2002
Gifts, novel, 2004
The Wave in the Mind, essay collection, 2004
Incredible Good Fortune, poetry collection, 2006
Voices, novel, 2006
Four Different Poems, poetry collection, 2007
Powers, novel, 2007
Lavinia, novel, 2008
Cat Dreams, storybook, 2009
Cheek by Jowl, essay collection, 2009
Out Here: Poems and Images from Steens Mountain Country, poetry collection, 2010
The Wild Girls , story collection, 2011
Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems, poetry collection, 2012
The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Stories of Ursula Le Guin, story collection, 2012
Late in the Day: Poems 2010–2014, poetry collection, 2012
Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, essay collection, 2015
The Complete Orsinia, story collection, 2016
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000–2016, essay collection, 2016
Orsinia, story collection, 2017
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, essay collection, 2017
So Far So Good: Poems 2014–2018, poetry collection, 2018
Dreams Must Explain Themselves and Other Essays 1972–2004, essay collection, 2018
The Books of Earthsea, series, 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, interviews, 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview, interviews, 2018
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, essay (chapbook), 2019
Critique • Works
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