About the Author

URSULA K. LE GUIN was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929, and died in Portland, Oregon, in 2018. She published over sixty books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children's literature, and translation. She was the recipient of a National Book Award, six Hugo and five Nebula awards, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Reviews

"[Le Guin] is a splendid short story writer. [Her] fiction, like Borges's, finds its life in the interstices between the borders of speculative fiction and realism." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"The people, places and emotions in Le Guin's stories are typically strange, but her careful, sudden turns toward the familiar. . . seem like revelations of what's really important or fascinating about human life." -- Salon"An accomplished stylist. . . . Even Le Guin's overtly cautionary tales have a delicacy that disarms resistance. Outstanding among these are the almost unbearably poignant 'Fliers of Gy' and 'The Island of the Immortals, ' which break new ground in exploring the dangers of getting what you wish for." -- New York Times Book Review"Vivid, entertaining, philosophical dispatches." -- San Francisco Chronicle"They say God is in the details, but in Le Guin's case, genius is in the details. . . . [Her] writing transports us to other worlds. . . . Pure imagination unbound." -- Oregonian"Le Guin, as always, treats fantasyland with the utmost matter-of-factness. . . . Arresting." -- Boston Sunday Globe"A welcome collection for the many fans of speculative fiction's multiple-award-winning grande dame." -- Seattle Times"Le Guin describes compellingly the joy of flying, and also the reasons to remain earthbound" -- Minneapolis Star Tribune