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Le Guin at a reading in Danville, California, 2008

Ursula K. Le Guin was an American author of speculative fiction, realistic fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, librettos, essays, poetry, speeches, translations, literary critiques, and children's fiction. She was primarly known for her works of speculative fiction. These include works set in the fictional world of Earthsea, stories in the Hainish Cycle, and standalone novels and short stories. Though frequently referred to as an author of science fiction, critics have described her work as being difficult to classify.[1] Le Guin's first published work was the poem "Folksong from the Montayna Province" in 1959, while her first short story was "An die Musik", in 1961; both were set in her fictional country of Orsinia. Her first professional publication was the short story "April in Paris" in 1962, while her first published novel was Rocannon's World, released by Ace Books in 1966.[2][3][4][5]

Le Guin came to critical attention with the publication of A Wizard of Earthsea in 1968, and The Left Hand of Darkness in 1969: critics such as Harold Bloom have referred to them as her masterpieces.[6] Her work has received intense critical attention. As of 1999, ten volumes of literary criticism and forty dissertations had been written about her work: she was referred to by scholar Donna White as a "major figure in American letters".[1] Her awards include the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal, and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards.[1] Feminist critiques of her writing were particularly influential upon Le Guin's later work.[6] Her last publication was a 2017 collection of non-fiction, titled Dreams Must Explain Themselves and Other Essays 1972–2004.[3] This bibliography includes all of Le Guin's published novels, short fiction, translations, edited volumes, and all collections that include material not previously published in book form, along with notable other works.

Fiction

Title Series or setting,
where applicable
Format Time of first
publication
First edition
publisher
Notes Unique
identifier
Citations
A Wizard of Earthsea Earthsea Novel 1968 Berkeley,
Parnassus Press
Illustrated by Ruth Robbins. OCLC 1210 [3]
The Tombs of Atuan Earthsea Novel 1971 New York City
Atheneum Books
Illustrated by Gail Garraty. A shortened version of The Tombs of Atuan was published in the Winter 1970 issue of Worlds of Fantasy. ISBN 9780689206801 [3]
The Farthest Shore Earthsea Novel 1972 New York City
Atheneum Books
Illustrated by Gail Garraty. ISBN 9780689300547 [3]
Tehanu Earthsea Novel 1990 New York City
Atheneum Books
Illustrated by John Jude Palencar ISBN 9780689315954 [3]
Tales from Earthsea Earthsea Novel 2001 New York City
Harcourt
Illustrated by Kelly Nelson. Includes "The Finder", "Darkrose and Diamond", "The Bones of the Earth", "On the High Marsh", and "Dragonfly". ISBN 9780151005611 [3][7]
The Other Wind Earthsea Novel 2001 New York City
Harcourt
Illustrated by Cliff Nielsen ISBN 9780547543192 [3]
"The Word of Unbinding" Earthsea Short story January 1964 Fantastic magazine,
vol. 13
[8]
"The Rule of Names" Earthsea Short story April 1964 Fantastic magazine,
vol. 13
[8]
"Dragonfly" Earthsea Short story 1998 Legends
Edited by
Robert Silverberg
"Dragonfly", later collected in Tales from Earthsea (2001), is intended to fit in between Tehanu and The Other Wind and, according to Le Guin, is "an important bridge in the series as a whole". [8][9][10]
"Darkrose and Diamond" Earthsea Short story October – November 1999 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
vol. 97
[11]
"The Daughter of Odren" Earthsea Short story September 2014 e-Book, Harcourt The story is scheduled to be printed for the first time in an omnibus Earthsea edition in autumn 2018. [12][13]

Hainish cycle

Novels and short story cycles

Short fiction

Poetry and stories of Orsinia

Annals of the Western Shore

The Catwings Collection

Other works of fiction

Novels

Children's stories

Short fiction

Chapbooks

Short fiction collections

Poetry and plays

Non-fiction

Books

Essays and articles

  • "Dreams Must Explain Themselves", Algol vol. 21, November 1973.[34]
  • "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly, vol. 38, Winter 1974.[34]
  • "The Child and the Shadow", Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, vol. 32, April 1975.[34]
  • "Ketterer on The Left Hand of Darkness", Science Fiction Studies vol. 2, July 1975.[34]
  • "Is Gender Necessary?" in Aurora: Beyond Equality (1976). Edited by Vonda McIntyre and Susan Janice Anderson. Fawcett, Greenwich.[34]
  • "Science Fiction and Mrs Brown" in Science Fiction at Large (1976). Edited by Peter Nicholls. Victor Gollancz, London.[u][37]
  • "All Happy Families", Michigan Quarterly Review, vol. 36, 1997.[23]

Chapbooks

Edited volumes

Translations

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ The Word for World is Forest was initially published in the first volume of the anthology Again, Dangerous Visions in 1972.[15] It was reprinted as a standalone volume several times, beginning in 1976.[16]
  2. ^ This was the first piece of Hainish Cycle fiction written by Le Guin. In later publications the story appears as "Semley's Necklace". It is also used as the prologue of Rocannon's World.[18]
  3. ^ The story was published as a stand-alone e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] ISBN 9780062470997
  4. ^ The story was published as a stand-alone e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] ISBN 9780062470980
  5. ^ "Coming of Age in Karhide" was later collected in The Birthday of the World and Other Stories.[23]
  6. ^ This was Le Guin's first published work.[5]
  7. ^ This was Le Guin's first published short story.[4]
  8. ^ The Complete Orsinia was an omnibus of Orsinian Tales and Malafrena, as well as some original material.[3]
  9. ^ Orsinia was an omnibus of previously published Orsinian works, as well as some original material.[3]
  10. ^ The Beginning Place was published in the United Kingdom as Threshold.[3]
  11. ^ "The Eye of the Heron" was originally published in Millennial Women (1978), Edited by Virginia Kidd. New York City, Delacorte Books.[25] OCLC 731812980
  12. ^ Le Guin has said that The Eye of the Heron might form part of the Hainish cycle.
  13. ^ "Things" was published as an e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] (ISBN 9780062470867)
  14. ^ "The Stars Below" was published as an e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] (ISBN 9780062470898)
  15. ^ "The Good Trip" was published as an e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] (ISBN 9780062471017)
  16. ^ "The Field of Vision" was published as an e-book by Harper Perennial in 2017.[3] ISBN 9780062470911
  17. ^ Gwilan's Harp" was published as a standalone book by Lord John Press in 1981 (ISBN 9780935716115),[28][29] and also as an audiobook read by the author.[30]
  18. ^ Published in 2008 in Maidstone, by Crescent Moon Publishing.[32] ISBN 9781861711045
  19. ^ Each author also translated the other's poems.[3]
  20. ^ This volume featured text from Always Coming Home alongside photographs from Ernest Waugh and Allan Nicholson.[3]
  21. ^ "Science Fiction and Mrs Brown" was a speech Le Guin gave in London in 1975; it was first published in the 1976 volume edited by Nicholls.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c White 1999, p. 1.
  2. ^ White 1999, p. 9, 123.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt Nicholls & Clute 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Erlich 2009, p. 25.
  5. ^ a b c Attebery, Brian. "Ursula K. Le Guin: The Complete Orsinia". Library of America. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b White 1999, p. 2.
  7. ^ Cadden 2005, pp. 82–84.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k White 1999, p. 123.
  9. ^ Le Guin, Ursula K. "The Other Wind". ursulakleguin.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ^ Bernardo & Murphy 2006, p. 155.
  11. ^ "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 1999". locusmag.com. Locus magazine. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. ^ Flood, Alison (15 July 2016). "Ursula K Le Guin to publish Earthsea story in print for first time". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  13. ^ "The Daughter of Odren". Houghton Miflin Harcourt. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Bernardo & Murphy 2006, p. 169.
  15. ^ Reid 1997, p. 58.
  16. ^ a b White 1999, p. 64.
  17. ^ Cadden 2005, pp. 38–42.
  18. ^ a b Lindow, Sandra J. (2012). Dancing the Tao: Le Guin and Moral Development. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 9781443843027. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  19. ^ Watson, Ian (November 1975). "The Forest as Metaphor for Mind: "The Word for World is Forest" and "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow"". Science Fiction Studies. 2 (3): 231–237.
  20. ^ "The Shobies' Story". Nebula Awards. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  21. ^ a b c Erlich 2009, p. 637.
  22. ^ a b c d e f Le Guin, Ursula K. (4 March 2003). The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories. HarperCollins. p. 376. ISBN 9780060509064.
  23. ^ a b c d Cadden 2005, p. 188.
  24. ^ "Folksong from the Montayna Province". Prairie Poet. Charleston, Illinois: 75. Fall 1959.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m White 1999, p. 124.
  26. ^ a b c d Cadden 2005, p. 191.
  27. ^ a b Cadden 2005, p. 189.
  28. ^ Pederson, Jay P. (1996). St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers. St. James Press. p. 558. ISBN 9781558621794.
  29. ^ Le Guin, Ursula K. (1981). Gwilan's Harp. Lord John Press. ISBN 9780-935716115.
  30. ^ Matthew Rubery (14 November 2016). The Untold Story of the Talking Book. Harvard University Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-674-54544-1.
  31. ^ Le Guin, Ursula K. (2016). The Unreal and the Real. New York City: Saga Press. p. 718. ISBN 9781481475969.
  32. ^ a b c d e John Lennard (1 January 2010). Of Sex and Faerie: Further Essays on Genre Fiction. Humanities-Ebooks. pp. 419–421. ISBN 9781847601711.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bernardo & Murphy 2006, p. 171.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h White 1999, p. 125.
  35. ^ Cadden 2005, p. 190.
  36. ^ Ursula K. Le Guin (1979). The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Ultramarine Publishing. pp. 36–. ISBN 9780399504822.
  37. ^ Davis, Laurence; Stillman, Peter G. (2005). The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. Lexington Books. pp. 26–. ISBN 9780739110867.
  38. ^ Bernardo & Murphy 2006, p. 170.
  39. ^ "Ursula K. Le Guin and Mariano Martin Rodriguez discuss 'Squaring the Circle' at The Seattle Public Library May 9". Seattle Public Library. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  40. ^ "Squaring the circle". Worldcat. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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