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Ursula K. Le Guin

Born

in Berkeley, California, The United States

October 21, 1929

Died

January 22, 2018

Website

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, Virginia Woolf, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Phil ...more

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Ursula K. Le Guin published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild Girls. She lived in Portland, Oregon.

She was known for her treatment of gender (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Matter of Seggri), political systems (The Telling, The Dispossessed) and difference/otherness in any other form. Her interest in non-Western philosophies was reflected in works such as "Solitude" and The Telling but even more interesting are her imagined societies, often mi ...more

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	A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 336,926 ratings — published 1968 — 327 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 199,115 ratings — published 1969 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 135,886 ratings — published 1974 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 126,099 ratings — published 1971 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 119,678 ratings — published 1972 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 80,240 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 54,545 ratings — published 1990 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 46,723 ratings — published 1973 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word for World Is Forest 4.05 avg rating — 37,020 ratings — published 1972 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 30,111 ratings — published 2001 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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