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Ursula K. Le Guin

THE AUTHOR | BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Born
Berkeley, California, U.S., 1929

Died
Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Places lived
Steventon, Hampshire, England; Winchester, Hampshire

Nationality
English

Publications
Novels, novellas, stories, essays, poetry, storybooks, criticism

Genres
Science fiction, fantasy, children's literature

Writing language
English

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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)

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)

Science Fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)

The Dispossessed (1974)

Science Fiction Stories

• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)

Fantasy Fiction

The Earthsea Cycle (1968–2001)

• "Buffalo Girls, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (1987)

First appearance of works in book form

1966

Planet of Exile Novel

Rocannon's World Novel

1967

City of Illusions Novel

1968

A Wizard of Earthsea Novel

1969

The Left Hand of Darkness Novel

1971

The Lathe of Heaven Novel

The Tombs of Atuan Novel

1972

The Farthest Shore Novel

1973

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie Essays

1974

The Dispossessed Novel

1975

Dreams Must Explain Themselves One story, a speech and an essay

Story "The Rule onf Names", National Book Award Acceptance Speech, essay "Dreams Must Explain Themselves"

Wild Angels Poems

The Wind's Twelve Quarters Seventeen stories

"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"

1976

Orsinian Tales Eleven stories

"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

Walking in Cornwall Chapbook

The Water Is Wide Chapbook

The Altered I: An Encounter with Science Fiction Essay (chapbook)

1978

The Eye of the Heron Novel

1979

Leese Webster Chapbook

Malafrena Novel

Tillai and Tylissos Chapbook

The Language of the Night Essays

1980

The Beginning Place Novel

1981

Hard Words and Other Poems Poems

1982

The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune Children's book

The Compass Rose Twenty stories

"'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)

1983

In the Red Zone Chapbook

Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World Children's book

1985

Always Coming Home Novel

King Dog: A Screenplay Screenplay

1987

Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences Novel

1988

Catwings Storybook

Fire and Stone Children's book

A Visit from Dr. Katz Children's book

Wild Oats and Fireweed: New Poems Poems

1989

Catwings Return Storybook

Dancing at the Edge of the World Essays

DWay of the Water's Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range Essays

1990

Tehanu Novel

1991

Searoad Stories

A Winter Solstice Ritual Chapbook

Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction Essay (chapbook)

1992

Findings Chapbook

Fish Soup Children's book

No Boats Chapbook

A Ride on the Red Mare's Back Children's book

Talking About Writing Essay (chapbook)

1993

Blue Moon over Thurman Street Chapbook

Earthsea Revisioned Essay

1994

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Novellas and stories

Going out with Peacocks and Other Poems Poems

Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings Storybook

1995

Four Ways to Forgiveness Four novellas and stories

1996

Unlocking the Air and Other Stories Stories

1997

The Twins, The Dream: Two Voices/Las Gemelas, El Sueño: Dos Voces Poems, with Diana Bellessi

1998

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew Essays

1999

Jane On Her Own Storybook

Sixty Odd Poems

2000

The Telling Novel

2001

The Other Wind Novel

Tales from Earthsea Stories and essays

2002

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories Stories

Changing Planes Children's book

Tom Mouse Novel

2004

Gifts Novel

The Wave in the Mind Essays

2006

Incredible Good Fortune Poems

Voices Novel

2007

Four Different Poems Poems

Powers Novel

2008

Lavinia Novel

2009

Cat Dreams Storybook

Cheek by Jowl Essays

2010

Out Here: Poems and Images from Steens Mountain Country Poems

2011

The Wild Girls Stories

2012

Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems Poems

The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Stories of Ursula Le Guin Stories

2015

Late in the Day: Poems 2010–2014 Poems

Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story Essays

2016

The Complete Orsinia Stories

Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000–2016 Essays

2017

Orsinia Stories

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters Essays

2018

So Far So Good: Poems 2014–2018 Poems

SDreams Must Explain Themselves and Other Essays 1972–2004 Essays

2018

The Books of Earthsea Novel and story series

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing Interviews

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview Interviews

2019

The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction Essay (chapbook)

 

THE AUTHOR | BIBLIOGRAPHY