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Latest revision as of 14:50, 11 March 2024
Ursula K. Le Guin in 2004
Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was a prolific writer best known for her Speculative Fiction novels, although she also wrote poetry, nonfiction, and young adult novels. Her works often explore cultural, sociological, ecological, or feminist themes; anarchism and Taoism also occasionally shows up subtly (she was probably the best-known Western Taoist and wrote both a commentary on and translated the Tao Te Ching ) or, in the case of The Dispossessed , not so subtly (Anarres is an anarcho-communist society; but then again, the subtitle is An Ambiguous Utopia , and a central theme of the work is that Anarres has decayed in the years since its founding due in no small part to ideology and bureaucracy replacing revolutionary fervour). Her works have greatly influenced modern Fantasy and Science Fiction authors, with systems, words, and ideas from her works showing up so often that some have become tropes in and of themselves. One of these was her coining of the word ansible , which has appeared in numerous scifi works since.
Her Earthsea novels have twice been adapted to visual medium. One is the oft-maligned SciFi channel miniseries and the other is the Studio Ghibli film Tales From Earthsea . Le Guin made no secret of the fact that she was not particularly fond of either adaptation though she was rather more charitable towards Studio Ghibli .
Her story "The Word For World Is Forest" was included in Harlan Ellison 's anthology Again, Dangerous Visions .
Works written by Ursula K. Le Guin include:
The Earthsea novels
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
Tales from Earthsea
The Other Wind
The Catwings Collection
Catwings
Catwings Return
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Jane on her Own
Annals of the Western Shore
The Lathe of Heaven
The Eye of the Heron
Malafrena
The Beginning Place
Always Coming Home
Lavinia
Direction of the Road
A Very Long Way From Anywhere Else
Leese Webster
Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World
A Visit from Dr. Katz
Fire and Stone
Fish Soup
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
Tom Mouse
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Changing Planes
Awards won by Ursula K. Le Guin
1975-2000
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Patricia A. McKillip , 1975)
Bid Time Return (Richard Matheson , 1976)
Doctor Rat (William Kotzwinkle , 1977)
Our Lady of Darkness (Fritz Leiber , 1978)
Gloriana (Michael Moorcock , 1979)
Watchtower (Elizabeth A. Lynn , 1980)
The Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe , 1981)
Little, Big (John Crowley , 1982)
Nifft the Lean (Michael Shea , 1983)
The Dragon Waiting (John M. Ford , 1984)
Mythago Wood (Robert Holdstock , 1985)
Bridge of Birds (Barry Hughart , 1985)
Song of Kali (Dan Simmons , 1986)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind , 1987)
Replay (Ken Grimwood , 1988)
Koko (Peter Straub , 1989)
Lyonesse: Madouc (Jack Vance , 1990)
Only Begotten Daughter (James Morrow , 1991)
Boy's Life (Robert R. McCammon , 1992)
Last Call (Tim Powers , 1993)
Glimpses (Lewis Shiner , 1994)
Towing Jehovah (James Morrow , 1995)
The Prestige (Christopher Priest , 1996)
Godmother Night (Rachel Pollack , 1997)
The Physiognomy (Jeffrey Ford , 1998)
The Antelope Wife (Louise Erdrich , 1999)
Thraxas (Martin Scott , 2000)
2001-2025
Declare (Tim Powers , 2001)
Galveston (Sean Stewart , 2001)
The Other Wind (Ursula K. Le Guin , 2002)
The Facts of Life (Graham Joyce , 2003)
Ombria in Shadow (Patricia A. McKillip , 2003)
Tooth and Claw (Jo Walton , 2004)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke , 2005)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami , 2006)
Soldier of Sidon (Gene Wolfe , 2007)
Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay , 2008)
The Shadow Year (Jeffrey Ford , 2009)
Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan , 2009)
The City & the City (China Miéville , 2010)
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor , 2011)
Osama (Lavie Tidhar , 2012)
Alif the Unseen (G. Willow Wilson , 2013)
A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar , 2014)
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell , 2015)
The Chimes (Anna Smaill , 2016)
The Sudden Appearance of Hope (Claire North , 2017)
The Changeling (Victor LaValle , 2018)
Jade City (Fonda Lee , 2018)
Witchmark (C. L. Polk , 2019)
Queen of the Conquered (Kacen Callender , 2020)
Trouble the Saints (Alaya Dawn Johnson , 2021)
The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri , 2022)
Saint Death's Daughter (C.S.E. Cooney , 2023)
1975-2000
The Fire When It Comes (Parke Godwin , 1982)
Confess the Seasons (Charles L. Grant , 1983)
Beyond Any Measure (Karl Edward Wagner , 1983)
Black Air (Kim Stanley Robinson , 1984)
The Unconquered Country (Geoff Ryman , 1985)
Nadelman's God (T.E.D. Klein , 1986)
Hatrack River (Orson Scott Card , 1987)
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (Ursula K. Le Guin , 1988)
The Skin Trade (George R.R. Martin , 1989)
Great Work of Time (John Crowley , 1990)
Bones (Pat Murphy , 1991)
The Ragthorn (Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth , 1992)
The Ghost Village (Peter Straub , 1993)
Under the Crust (Terry Lamsley , 1994)
Last Summer at Mars Hill (Elizabeth Hand , 1995)
Radio Waves (Michael Swanwick , 1996)
A City in Winter (Mark Helprin , 1997)
Streetcar Dreams (Richard Bowes , 1998)
The Summer Isles (Ian MacLeod , 1999)
The Transformation of Martin Lake (Jeff VanderMeer , 2000)
Sky Eyes (Laurel Winter , 2000)
2001-2025
The Man on the Ceiling (Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem , 2001)
The Bird Catcher (S.P. Somtow , 2002)
The Library (Zoran Zivkovic , 2003)
A Crowd of Bone (Greer Gilman , 2004)
The Growlimb (Michael Shea , 2005)
Voluntary Committal (Joe Hill , 2006)
Botch Town (Jeffrey Ford , 2007)
Illyria (Elizabeth Hand , 2008)
If Angels Fight (Richard Bowes , 2009)
Sea-Hearts (Margo Lanagan , 2010)
The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon (Elizabeth Hand , 2011)
A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong (K.J. Parker , 2012)
Let Maps to Others (K.J. Parker , 2013)
Wakulla Springs (Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages , 2014)
We Are All Completely Fine (Daryl Gregory , 2015)
No Award (2016, 2017, 2018)
The Privilege of the Happy Ending (Kij Johnson , 2019)
Silver in the Wood (Emily Tesh , 2020)
Riot Baby (Tochi Onyebuchi , 2021)
And What Can We Offer You Tonight (Premee Mohamad , 2022)
Pomegranates (Priya Sharma , 2023)