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"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (/ ˈ oʊ m ə ˌ l ɑː s / [1]) is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child ...
Tehanu / t ə ˈ h ɑː n uː /, [1] initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, [2] is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Atheneum in February 1990. [2] It is the fourth novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea , published almost twenty years after the first three Earthsea novels (1968–1972), and ...
Guynes noted that many individual stories in the collection were among Le Guin's most famous, including in particular "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Day Before the Revolution". [47] Scholar Donna White noted that those two stories, along with "Nine Lives" are among Le Guin's most-anthologized stories.
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin.Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001).
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər l ə ˈ ɡ w ɪ n / KROH-bər lə GWIN; [1] née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction , including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe , and the Earthsea fantasy series.
Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Downes-Le Guin, who also serves as ...
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was an American author of speculative fiction, realistic fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, librettos, essays, poetry, speeches, translations, literary critiques, chapbooks, and children's fiction. She was primarily known for her works of speculative fiction.
Kurremkarmerruk – Kurremkarmerruk / ˌ k ʊ r ə m k ɑː r ˈ m ɛ r ə k / [6] is the name used by the Master Namers of Roke. L. Lark – Lark is a woman of Middle Valley, friend of Tenar. (Tehanu) Lebannen – Lebannen is king of Earthsea. The name means "rowan tree" in the Old Speech. Called Arren. The word means "sword" in his nation.