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The Wind´s Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
Ursula K. Leguin
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Description for The Wind´s Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
Paperback. An essential collection of stories from the multi-award-winning Grand Master, Ursula K. LeGuin. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 396.
Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and is likewise feted beyond the confines of the genre. The Wind's Twelve Quarters was her first collection and it brings together some of finest short fiction, including the Hugo Award-winning 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', the Nebula Award-winning 'The Day Before the Revolution', and the Hugo-nominated 'Winter's King', which gave readers their first glimpse of the world later made famous in her Hugo- and Nebula-winning masterpiece The Left Hand of Darkness.
Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and is likewise feted beyond the confines of the genre. The Wind's Twelve Quarters was her first collection and it brings together some of finest short fiction, including the Hugo Award-winning 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', the Nebula Award-winning 'The Day Before the Revolution', and the Hugo-nominated 'Winter's King', which gave readers their first glimpse of the world later made famous in her Hugo- and Nebula-winning masterpiece The Left Hand of Darkness.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473205765
SKU
V9781473205765
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About Ursula K. Leguin
Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; ... Read more
Reviews for The Wind´s Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
One of the most accomplished of contemporary science fiction writers - The New York Times Book Review Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . she moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend. - The Times A wonderfully mordant analyst of human weakness. The gems ... Read more