Awards
2014 Oregon Book Award for Fiction
Synopses & Reviews
Outer Space, Inner Lands includes many of the best known Ursula K. Le Guin nonrealistic stories (such as "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semleys Necklace," and "She Unnames Them") which have shaped the way many readers see the world. She gives voice to the voiceless, hope to the outsider, and speaks truth to power all the time maintaining her independence and sense of humor.
Companion volume Where on Earth explores Le Guin's satirical, risky, political and experimental earthbound stories. Both volumes include new introductions by the author.
Review
"A century from now people will still be reading the fantasy stories of Ursula K. Le Guin with joy and wonder. Five centuries from now they might ask if their author ever really existed, or if Le Guin was an identity made from the work of many writers rolled into one. A millennium on and her stories will be so familiar, like myths and fairytales today, that only dedicated scholars will ask who wrote them. Such is the fate of the truly great writers, whose stories far outlive their names." The Guardian
Synopsis
A long-awaited celebration of Ursala K. Le Guin's incredible short stories.
About the Author
Ursula K. Le Guin: Ursula K. Le Guin has published eleven short story collections, twenty-one novels, essays, poetry, translations, and books for children, and has received the PEN-Malamud and National Book Awards, among others. Also due this year is Finding My Elegy, New and Selected Poems. She lives in Portland, OR.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Semleys Necklace
Nine Lives
Mazes
The First Contact With the Gorgonids
The Shobies Story
Betrayals
The Matter of Seggre
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 Wifes Story
The Rule of Names
Small Change
The Poacher
Sur
She Unnames Them