Ursula K. Le Guin
By the Author
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
From the multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume omnibus of the first three Hainish novels. Intergalactic…
Dreams Must Explain Themselves
'By turns sharp, funny and insightful, high-minded but never mean-spirited, the book embodies its author's lifelong quest for freedom: freedom as a woman, freedom to…
Orsinian Tales
Among the less-traveled mountains and plains of Central Europe, a little east of Austria perhaps and north of Slovenia, lies the old kingdom of Orsinia.…
Malafrena
'Her worlds have a magic sheen ... She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER Among…
The Left Hand of Darkness
'A rich and complex story of friendship and love' GUARDIAN 'It's a giant thought experiment that's also a cracking good read about gender' Neil Gaiman…
Always Coming Home
A long, long time from now, in the valleys of what will no longer be called Northern California, might be going to have lived a…
Planet of Exile
The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years - and each of Werel's years is over 60 terrestrial years! After…
Rocannon's World
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS 'A tour…
City Of Illusions
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'A tour de force' EVENING STANDARD 'A wonderfully mordant analyst of human weakness' Martin Amis Earth, like…
The Dispossessed
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle 'A well told tale signifying a good…
Gifts
'She's showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters... GIFTS has the simplicity…
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and…
The Compass Rose
'The gems in this impressive collection have the same power to disconcert as her best novels' Martin Amis 'Her worlds have a magic sheen .…
The Other Wind
A masterpiece of chilling narration' GUARDIAN 'Wise, graceful, classic myth-making' THE SCOTSMAN The wizard Alder comes from Roke to the island of Gont in search…
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and…
The Lathe Of Heaven
'Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend'…
Tales from Earthsea
'One of the most deeply influential of all 20th century fantasy texts' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY 'She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn…
The Word for World is Forest
When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves…
The Unreal and the Real Volume 2
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and…
The Unreal and the Real Volume 1
'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE The Unreal and the Real is a…
Four Ways to Forgiveness
'Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS In this stunning collection of…
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER The winner of the National Book Award, Ursula K. Le Guin has created a profound and…
The Telling
The long-awaited new novel in the superb Hainish cycle 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER 'Her worlds have a magic sheen .…
Changing Planes
'All le Guin's stories are metaphors for the one human story; all her fantastic planets are this one' Margaret Atwood ARMCHAIR TRAVEL FOR THE MIND:…
The Birthday Of The World and Other Stories
'Her most important book since ALWAYS COMING HOME and her most satisfactory collection since her first, the brilliant THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. A formidable and…
Powers
'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE 'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga…
Voices
Memer is a child of rape; when the Alds took the beautiful city of Ansul, they descecrated or destroyed everything of beauty. The Waylord they…
Lavinia
An exceptional combination of history and mythology - 'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Subtly moving, playful...a novel that brought me to tears more…
