About

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a renowned American science fiction and fantasy author. Born in Berkeley, California, she earned a degree in French literature from Radcliffe College. Le Guin's critical acclaim began with her novel "A Wizard of Earthsea" (1968), part of the Earthsea series. Her other notable works include "The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969), "The Dispossessed" (1974), and "The Word for World is Forest" (1972). Throughout her career, Le Guin received numerous awards, including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the National Book Award. Her writing was praised for its exploration of social and environmental themes, as well as its insightful exploration of human nature. Le Guin's thought-provoking and timeless works have left a significant impact on science fiction and fantasy literature, solidifying her place as one of the most influential and acclaimed authors in the genre.

Book Series by Ursula K. Le Guin

Adventures In Kroy Series

The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune

1982

Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World (Short Story)

1983

Annals Of The Western Shore Series

Gifts

2004

Voices

2006

Powers

2007

Catwings Collections

Tales of the Catwings (Short Story)

1996

More Tales of the Catwings (Short Story)

2000

Catwings Series

Catwings (Short Story)

1988

Catwings Return (Short Story)

1989

Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Short Story)

1994

Jane on Her Own (Short Story)

1999

Cat Dreams (Short Story)

2009

Earthsea Collections

Tales from Earthsea

2001

Earthsea Cycle Series

A Wizard of Earthsea

1968

The Tombs of Atuan

1970

The Farthest Shore

1972

Tehanu

1990

The Other Wind

2001

The Daughter of Odren (Short Story)

2014

Earthsea Non-Fiction Books

Earthsea Revisioned

1993

Earthsea Short Stories/Novellas

Dragonfly

2001

The Finder

2001

The Bones of the Earth (Short Story)

2001

Hainish Cycle Series

Rocannon's World

1966

Planet of Exile (Short Story)

1966

City of Illusions

1967

The Left Hand of Darkness

1969

The Word for World is Forest

1972

The Dispossessed

1974

Four Ways to Forgiveness

1994

The Telling

2000

Legends Series

Legends ( By: Stephen King, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg)

1998

Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King ( By: Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Terry Brooks, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Haydon)

1998

Legends 3 ( With: Terry Pratchett, Tad Williams, Robert Jordan, Robert Silverberg)

1999

Orsinia Series

Orsinian Tales

1976

Malafrena

1979

Outspoken Authors Series

The Human Front (Short Story) ( By: Ken MacLeod)

2001

The Left Left Behind (Short Story) ( By: Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason)

2009

Lucky Strike ( By: Kim Stanley Robinson)

2009

The Underbelly (Short Story) ( By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)

2010

Mammoths of the Great Plains (Short Story) ( By: Eleanor Arnason)

2010

The Wild Girls (Short Story) ( With: Eleanor Arnason)

2011

Modem Times 2.0 (Short Story) ( By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)

2011

The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (Short Story) ( By: Cory Doctorow, Eleanor Arnason)

2011

Report from Planet Midnight (Short Story) ( By: Nalo Hopkinson, Eleanor Arnason)

2012

The Science of Herself (Short Story) ( By: Karen Joy Fowler, Eleanor Arnason)

2013

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (Short Story) ( By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)

2013

New Taboos ( By: John Shirley)

2013

Raising Hell (Short Story) ( By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)

2014

My Life, My Body (Short Story) ( By: Marge Piercy)

2015

Gypsy ( By: Carter Scholz, Eleanor Arnason)

2015

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be ( By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)

2016

Fire. (Short Story) ( By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)

2017

Totalitopia (Short Story) ( By: John Crowley)

2017

The Atheist in the Attic (Short Story) ( By: Samuel R. Delany, Eleanor Arnason)

2018

Thoreau's Microscope (Short Story) ( By: Michael Blumlein, Eleanor Arnason)

2018

The Beatrix Gates (Short Story) ( By: Rachel Pollack)

2019

A City Made of Words (Short Story) ( By: Paul Park)

2019

Metis Seçkileri Series with Eduardo Galeano

Exiled from Almost Everywhere ( By: Juan Goytisolo, Peter Bush)

1993

The Last Interview Series

Learning to Live Finally (Short Story) ( By: Jacques Derrida)

2005

Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Roberto Bolaño)

2009

Kurt Vonnegut ( By: Kurt Vonnegut)

2011

Jorge Luis Borges ( By: Jorge Luis Borges)

2012

Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Hannah Arendt)

2013

James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)

2014

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (Short Story) ( By: Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller)

2014

Gabriel García Márquez (Short Story) ( By: Gabriel García Márquez)

2015

Lou Reed (Short Story) ( By: Lou Reed)

2015

Ernest Hemingway (Short Story) ( By: Ernest Hemingway)

2015

Nora Ephron: The Last Interview ( By: Nora Ephron)

2015

Philip K. Dick ( By: Philip K. Dick)

2015

J. D. Salinger ( By: J.D. Salinger)

2016

Oliver Sacks (Short Story) ( By: Oliver Sacks)

2016

Jane Jacobs (Short Story) ( By: Jane Jacobs)

2016

David Bowie ( By: David Bowie)

2016

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Martin Luther King Jr.)

2017

Christopher Hitchens ( By: Christopher Hitchens)

2017

Hunter S. Thompson ( By: Hunter S. Thompson)

2018

Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Kathy Acker)

2018

Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Julia Child)

2018

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

2019

Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Billie Holiday, Khanya Mtshali)

2019

Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Graham Greene)

2019

Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Toni Morrison)

2020

Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Frida Kahlo)

2020

Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Shirley Chisholm)

2021

Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Fred Rogers)

2021

Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Johnny Cash)

2021

John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House)

2021

Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Melville House)

2022

Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House)

2022

bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: bell hooks)

2023

Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House)

2023

Unreal and The Real Series

The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 1: Where on Earth

2012

The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands

2012

Wind's Twelve Quarters Short Stories/Novellas

April in Paris (Short Story)

1962

The Masters (Short Story)

1963

The Word of Unbinding (Short Story)

1964

Things (Short Story)

1970

The Good Trip (Short Story)

1970

A Trip to the Head (Short Story)

1970

The Stars Below (Short Story)

1974

Direction of the Road

2017

Darkness Box

2017

The Day Before the Revolution

2017

Semley's Necklace

2017

The Rule of Names

2017

Winter's King

2017

Ursula K. Le Guin Other Novels

The Lathe of Heaven

1971

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else / A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else (Short Story)

1976

The Eye of the Heron

1978

The Beginning Place / Threshold

1980

Always Coming Home

1985

Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand

1991

Changing Planes

2003

Lavinia

2008

Ursula K. Le Guin Short Stories/Novellas

Nine Lives

1968

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Short Story)

1973

The Field of Vision (Short Story)

1973

The Water is Wide (Short Story)

1976

Leese Webster (Short Story)

1979

Gwilan's Harp

1981

Solomon Leviathan's 931st Trip Around the World

1983

The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-Na (Short Story) ( With: Scott Russell Sanders)

1984

Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (Short Story) ( With: Susan Seddon Boulet)

1987

Unchosen Love (Amazing Stories # 591)

1994

The Matter of Seggri (in Crank!) (Short Story)

1994

Forgiveness Day (Short Story)

1994

Solitude (in F&SF) (Short Story)

1994

A Man of the People (in Asimov's) (Short Story)

1995

A Woman’s Liberation (in Asimov's) (Short Story)

1995

Ether OR

1995

Mountain Ways (in Asimov's) (Short Story)

1996

The Wild Girls (Short Story) ( With: Eleanor Arnason)

2011

Dangerous People (Short Story)

2019

Ursula K. Le Guin Short Story Collections

The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1

1975

Wild Angels (Short Story)

1975

The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 2 (Short Story)

1978

Hard Words and Other Poems

1981

The Compass Rose

1982

In the Red Zone

1983

Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences

1987

Wild Oats and Fireweed (Short Story)

1988

Blue Moon Over Thurman Street (Short Story) ( With: Roger Dorband)

1994

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

1994

Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems (Short Story)

1994

Unlocking the Air and Other Stories

1996

Sixty Odd (Short Story)

1999

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

2002

Science Fiction Stories

2002

Incredible Good Fortune (Short Story)

2006

Walking in Cornwall (Short Story)

2008

Finding My Elegy

2012

Late in the Day: Poems, 2010-2014 (Short Story)

2015

The Found and the Lost

2016

Five Ways to Forgiveness

2017

So Far, So Good (Short Story)

2018

Ursula K. Le Guin Picture Books

A Visit from Dr. Katz (Short Story)

1988

Fire and Stone

1989

Fish Soup

1992

A Ride on the Red Mare's Back

1992

Tom Mouse

1998

Ursula K. Le Guin Non-Fiction Books

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie (Short Story)

1973

Dreams Must Explain Themselves

1975

The Language of the Night

1979

Way of the Water's Going

1989

The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed ( With: Laurence Davis, Peter Stillman)

2005

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (Short Story)

2009

Cheek by Jowl

2009

Coyote's Song: The Teaching Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin ( With: Richard D. Erlich)

2009

Words Are My Matter

2016

No Time to Spare

2017

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing ( With: David Naimon)

2018

About Writing Non-Fiction Series

Dancing at the Edge of the World

1989

Steering the Craft

1998

The Wave in the Mind

2004

Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin ( By: )

2008

Year's Best Fantasy Series

Year's Best Fantasy ( By: George R.R. Martin, Terry Goodkind, Michael Swanwick, Robert Sheckley, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, Nicola Griffith, Alice Coppel-Tosic)

2001

Year's Best Fantasy 2 ( By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)

2002

Year's Best Fantasy 3 ( With: Kage Baker, David G. Hartwell, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, R. Garcia y Robertson, William Mingin, Patricia Bowne)

2003

Year's Best Fantasy 4 ( By: Terry Bisson, David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)

2004

Year's Best Fantasy 5 ( By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)

2005

Year's Best Fantasy 6 ( By: David G. Hartwell, Neil Gaiman, Kathryn Cramer)

2006

Year's Best Fantasy 7 ( By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, L.E. Modesitt Jr.)

2007

Year's Best Fantasy 8 ( By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, David Ackert)

2008

Year's Best Fantasy 9 ( By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)

2009

Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series

Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction ( By: Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Phyllis Eisenstein, Gene Wolfe, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Arnie Bateman, Alan Dean Foster, Martin Gardner, Randall Garrett, Rob Chilson, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, Richard S. McEnroe, Jeff Duntemann, R.N. Bracewell, K.W. MacAnn, G. Richard Bozarth)

1980

Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far ( By: Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Carter Scholz, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Jack Williamson, Darrell Schweitzer, John Brunner, Juleen Brantingham, Martin Gardner, Richard Wilson, Milton A. Rothman, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sharon Webb, Somtow Sucharitkul, Lee Weinstein, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, William Tuning, Francis E. Izzo, Paul David Novitski, Lee Russell, Seth S. Horowitz, Tol E. Rant, S. Dale, Julie Flores, Tony Sarowitz)

1981

Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own ( With: Connie Willis, Pat Cadigan, Joan D. Vinge, Tanith Lee, Pamela Sargent, Lee Killough, Mary Gentle, Mildred Downey Broxon, Shawna McCarthy, Sharon Webb, Leigh Kennedy, Stephanie A. Smith, Cherie Wilkerson, Julie Stevens, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Cyn Mason, P.A. Kagan, P.J. MacQuarrie, Janet O. Jeppson, Beverly Grant, Hope Athearn)

1983

Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Shawna McCarthy)

1985

Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Connie Willis, George R.R. Martin, Ron Goulart, John Kessel, George Alec Effinger, Robert Thurston, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Scott Baker, Lillian Carl, Juleen Brantingham, Lee Killough, Ian McDowell, Daphne Castell, Sharon N. Farber, Richard Kearns, Shawna McCarthy, Leigh Kennedy, Gregg Keizer, Kristi Olesen)

1989

Isaac Asimov's Aliens ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1991

Isaac Asimov's Robots ( By: Isaac Asimov, Rob Chilson)

1991

Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite ( By: Isaac Asimov, John M. Ford)

1993

Isaac Asimov's War ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1993

Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1994

Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1995

Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Isaac Asimov, Terry Bisson)

1995

Isaac Asimov's Christmas ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1997

Isaac Asimov's Camelot ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Eleanor Arnason)

1998

Isaac Asimov's Detectives ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

1998

Isaac Asimov's Werewolves ( By: Isaac Asimov, Suzy McKee Charnas, Gardner Dozois)

1999

Isaac Asimov's Solar System ( By: Gardner Dozois)

1999

Isaac Asimov's Utopias ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

2000

Isaac Asimov's Father Day ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois)

2001

Isaac Asimov's Halloween ( By: Isaac Asimov)

2001

Best Science Fiction of the Year Series

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1

1972

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2

1973

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3

1974

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4

1975

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5

1976

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6

1977

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7

1978

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8

1979

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9

1980

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10

1981

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11

1982

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12

1983

Best Science Fiction of the Year 13

1984

Best Science Fiction of the Year 14

1984

Best Science Fiction of the Year 15

1986

Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16

1987

Ursula K. Le Guin Graphic Novels

Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel

2025

Ursula K. Le Guin Anthologies

Orbit 6

1970

The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3

1970

Fathers and Mothers

1973

Orbit 12

1973

Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader

1973

Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973

1973

Stopwatch

1974

Wondermakers 2

1974

Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual

1975

Nebula Award Stories 11

1976

Nebula Award Stories Ten

1976

Beyond Tomorrow

1976

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection

1977

The Altered I

1978

The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories

1978

Edges

1980

The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century

1980

Interfaces

1980

What If? Volume 3

1982

Over the Rainbow

1983

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12

1983

Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own

1983

Great Fantasy

1983

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection

1985

The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction

1985

Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr

1987

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection

1988

First Annual Collection

1988

Science Fiction Stories

1988

Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1

1988

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats

1988

Through Other Eyes

1988

Flights of Fancy

1993

Omni Best Science Fiction Three

1993

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

1993

First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers

1994

Crank! Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1994

1994

Seventh Annual Collection

1994

Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994

1994

Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1995

1995

The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women

1995

Year's Best SF

1996

The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology

1996

The Year's Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection

1996

Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996

1996

Women Who Run with the Werewolves

1996

Modern Classics of Fantasy

1997

Wild Women

1997

More Amazing Stories

1998

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

1998

Far Horizons

1999

The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology

1999

Explorers

2000

Meditations on Middle-Earth

2001

Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape

2001

The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature

2002

Fifteenth Annual Collection

2002

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 104 Number 2, February 2003

2003

Year's Best SF 8

2003

Raising Our Voices: An Anthology of Oregon Poets Against the War

2003

New Magics

2004

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection

2004

In Lands That Never Were

2004

12 Short Stories and Their Making: An Anthology with Interviews

2005

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels

2005

Galileo's Children

2005

The Wand in the Word

2006

The Space Opera Renaissance

2006

The Best of the Best, Vol 2

2007

The 2007 Rhysling Anthology

2007

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1

2007

Gay City: Volume 2

2009

The Secret History of Science Fiction

2009

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

2010

Dragon Lords and Warrior Women

2010

Like Water for Quarks

2011

Lightspeed: Year One

2011

The Moment of Change

2012

Diverse Energies

2012

Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology

2013

Aliens: Recent Encounters

2013

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013

2013

The Time Traveler's Almanac

2013

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 90, March 2014

2014

The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women

2014

The World Split Open

2014

Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions

2015

Sisters of the Revolution

2015

Women of Futures Past

2016

The Paris Review, Summer 2018

2018

PEN America Issue 21: Mythologies

2018

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen

2019

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition

2019

Think in Public

2019

Gobshite Quarterly 2023, # 41/42: 20th. anniversary issue

2023

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