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The unreal and the real : selected stories of Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Presents a selection of many of the author's best known non-realistic stories, including "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semley's Necklace," and "She Unnames Them."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press ; [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Science fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Science fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Short stories.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Where on Earth. Brothers and sisters
  • A week in the country
  • Unlocking the air
  • Imaginary countries
  • The diary of the rose
  • Direction of the road
  • The white donkey
  • Gwilan's harp
  • May's lion
  • Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight
  • Horse camp
  • The water is wide
  • The lost children
  • Texts
  • Sleepwalkers
  • Hand, cup, shell
  • Ether, or
  • Half past four
  • v. 2. Outer space, inner lands. The ones who walk away from Omelas
  • Semley's necklace
  • Lives
  • Mazes ; The first contact with the Gorgonids ; The Shobies' story ; Betrayals
  • The matter of Seggri
  • Solitude
  • The wild girls
  • The fliers of Gy
  • The silence of the Asonu
  • The ascent of the North Face
  • The author of the acacia seeds
  • The wife's story
  • The rule of names
  • Small change
  • The poacher
  • Sur
  • She unnames them.