The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Dispossessed (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’93, no price, 341pp, hc) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harper & Row 1974) sf novel, with an introduction by Frederik Pohl and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Dispossessed (HarperPrism 0-06-105488-7, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.50, 387pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harper & Row 1974) utopian SF novel.
• * _The Dispossessed (HarperCollins UK 0-586-04219-9, Feb ’96, £4.99, 319pp, pb) [League of All Worlds] Reissue (Harper & Row 1974) classic, award-winning SF novel. 7th printing.
• * *The Earthsea Quartet (Puffin 0-14-034803-4, Jun ’93, £6.99, 691pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea] Young-adult fantasy omnibus. The first appearance of all four novels in a single volume. (Contents)
• * *Earthsea Revisioned (CLNE/Green Bay 0-948845-03-1, Feb ’93, $10.00, 26pp, ph) [Earthsea] Non-fiction, the text of a speech on why she wrote the fourth Earthsea book, given in 1992 at the Worlds Apart conference on children’s literature. With illustrations by Ruth Robbins from the original edition of A Wizard of Earthsea. Order from Children’s Literature New England, Norwood Long, 334 Woodland Road, Madison NJ, for $10.00 postpaid in US, add $2.00 outside US.
• * _The Earthsea Trilogy (Puffin 0-14-031766-X, Oct ’87, £5.95, 477pp, tp) [Earthsea] Reissue (Puffin 1979) juvenile fantasy omnibus.
• * _The Eye of the Heron (Bantam 0-553-24258-X, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1982) sf novel. It first appeared as a novella in the anthology Millennial Women (1978).
• * _The Eye of the Heron (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100138-4, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 198pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Gollancz 1982) sf novel.
• * *The Eye of the Heron & The Word for World Is Forest (Gollancz 0-575-05060-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 301pp, pb) Omnibus of two short novels, The Eye of the Heron and The Word for World is Forest with the introduction from the 1977 Gollancz edition of the latter. (Contents)
• * _The Farthest Shore (Bantam 0-553-23828-0, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 197pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) fantasy novel, 17th Bantam printing. Third and best in the “Earthsea Trilogy”. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Farthest Shore (Gollancz 0-575-03326-6, Aug ’89, £9.95, 206pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1972) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Earthsea” trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.
• * _The Farthest Shore (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26847-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) fantasy novel, third book of the “Earthsea” series; 23rd printing. Winner of the National Book Award.
• * _The Farthest Shore (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31683-6, Jun ’91, $16.95, 223pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) fantasy novel, third book of the “Earthsea” series; ninth printing. This seems to be an older printing with a new jacket.
• * _The Farthest Shore (Roc UK 0-14-015778-6, Jan ’92 [Feb ’92], £3.99, 214pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1972) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three of the “Earthsea” books.
• * _The Farthest Shore (Puffin 0-14-030694-3, Mar ’92, £3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) young-adult fantasy novel. “The Third Book of Earthsea”.
• * *Fire and Stone (with Laura Marshall) (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31408-6, Mar ’89, $13.95, 31pp, hc) Children’s fantasy about dragons, text by Le Guin, illustrations by Laura Marshall.
• * *Fish Soup (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31733-6, Sep ’92, $13.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Patrick Wynne) Children’s fantasy story with black-and-white illustrations by Patrick Wynne.
• * *A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism no ISBN, May ’94, no price, 191pp, hc) Collection of eight stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. This is a special advance 1500-copy limited edition prepared from the unedited manuscript and distributed at the ABA convention in Los Angeles. The regular trade edition will appear in November. (Contents)
• * _A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism 0-06-105200-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.99, 191pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) Collection of eight recent stories, with an introduction by the author. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition was distributed free at the 1994 ABA.
• * _A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr ’95, no price, 191pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins 1994) collection of eight stories, with an introduction by the author. There is a preface by James Gunn, and interior illustrations by Pat Morrissey. This special signed, leather-bound, gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available by subscription only.
• * _A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism 0-06-105491-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (HarperPrism 1994) collection.
• * _A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (Gollancz 0-575-06324-6, Nov ’96, £15.99, 193pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1994) collection of eight stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (Vista 0-575-60239-2, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Five Complete Novels (Avenel 0-517-48010-7, Nov ’85, $7.98, 579pp, hc) [League of All Worlds] Omnibus edition. “Instant remainder” book published by Bonanza and distributed by Crown, for sale mainly in discount stores. The text of the 3 earlier books is the slightly corrected one from the Harper & Row reprints. (Contents)
• * *Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism 0-06-105234-5, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $20.00, 229pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Werel & Yeowe] Collection of four related SF novellas, including the award-winning ’Forgiveness Day’. There is also a section of “Notes on Werel and Yeowe”, the twin planets on which the stories are set. (Contents)
• * _Four Ways to Forgiveness (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’95, no price, 228pp, hc) [Werel & Yeowe] Collection of four related SF novellas, with an introduction by James Gunn, and frontispiece by Pat Morrissey. This special signed, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available only by subscription. This is being published “simultaneously” with the HarperPrism edition seen in August.
• * _Four Ways to Forgiveness (Gollancz 0-575-06301-7, Jun ’96, £15.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Werel & Yeowe] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) collection of four related SF novellas, including the award-winning ‘Forgiveness Day’. There is also a section of “Notes on Werel and Yeowe”, the twin planets on which the stories are set. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism 0-06-105401-1, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Werel & Yeowe] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) collection of four related SF novellas, including the award-winning ’Forgiveness Day’.
• * _Four Ways to Forgiveness (Vista 0-575-60175-2, May ’97, £5.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Werel & Yeowe] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) collection of four related SF novellas, including the award-winning “Forgiveness Day”. There is also a section of “Notes on Werel and Yeowe”, the twin planets on which the stories are set.
• * *Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems (HarperPerennial 0-06-095057-9, Jun ’94, $12.00, 82pp, tp, cover by Henk Pander) Associational; poetry collection. A hardcover HarperCollins edition (-055356-1, $25.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * *King Dog: A Screenplay (Capra Press 0-88496-236-9, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $9.50, 125pp, pb) This screenplay by Le Guin (inspired by Hindu mythology) is bound back-to-back with Dostoyevsky: A Screenplay, mainstream by Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher (an additional 111pp). A signed limited edition has also been announced for $25.00.
• * *The Language of the Night (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4202-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £5.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Fieroza Doorsen) Revised edition of a collection of essays and reviews, originally edited by Susan Wood, first published by Putnam in 1979. This edition contains a new preface by Le Guin, and revisions to, and/or notes on, most of the pieces, but omits Jeff Levin’s checklist.
• * _The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (Berkley 0-425-07668-7, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $5.95, 270pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1979) collection of non-fiction essays on fantasy and sf. Edited by Susan Wood.
• * +The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (HarperCollins 0-06-016835-8, May ’92 [Jun ’92], $20.00, 250pp, hc, cover by Steve McLeod) Non-fiction collection of 24 essays and other non-fiction pieces about fantasy and sf, with introductions to each section. This edition has been extensively revised by the author; the original was published by Putnam in 1979 and edited by the late Susan Wood. First American edition of the revised edition (Women’s Press 1989).
• * _The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (HarperPerennial 0-06-092412-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $10.00, 250pp, tp, cover by Steve McLeod) Reprint (Women’s Press 1989) non-fiction collection of 24 essays and other non-fiction pieces about fantasy and sf, with introductions to each section. This edition has been extensively revised by the author; the original was published by Putnam in 1979 and edited by the late Susan Wood.
• * *Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (Shambhala Publications 1-57062-333-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $20.00, 125pp, hc) Associational, a rewritten version by Le Guin of the classic Taoist text, with notes giving Le Guin’s personal reactions, as well as discussing problems of text and translations.
• * _The Lathe of Heaven (Avon 0-380-01320-7, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1971) sf novel; 15th Avon printing.
• * _The Lathe of Heaven (Avon 0-380-01320-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1971) philosophical sf novel of multi-alternate worlds; 19th printing.
• * _The Lathe of Heaven (Avon 0-380-79185-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $12.00, 175pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Scribner’s 1971) classic SF novel of alternate worlds and the problems of playing God. A Hugo and Nebula nominee.
• * *The Lathe of Heaven/The Dispossessed/The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (BOMC no ISBN, Jun ’91, $17.95, 848pp, hc, cover by David Shannon) Omnibus of two Le Guin novels, The Lathe of Heaven (Scribner’s 1971) and The Dispossessed (Harper & Row 1974), plus the 17-story collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row 1975). (Contents)
• * _The Lathe of Heaven/The Dispossessed/The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (BOMC/QPB no ISBN, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $11.95, 848pp, tp, cover by David Shannon) Reprint (BOMC 1991) omnibus of two Le Guin novels, The Lathe of Heaven (Scribner’s 1971) and The Dispossessed (Harper & Row 1974) plus the 17-story collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row 1975).
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (Orbit 0-7088-8081-9, Apr ’88, £2.99, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1969) sf novel.
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (Orbit 0-7088-8081-9, Aug ’91, £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Tim White) Reissue (Ace 1969) sf novel.
• * *The Left Hand of Darkness (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’93, no price, 213pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1969) awards-winning sf novel, with a preface by Joan D. Vinge, the 1976 introduction by Le Guin, and artwork by Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Bodian Kelly Freas. This signed leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (Walker 0-8027-1302-5, Dec ’94 [Oct ’94], $27.50, 345pp, hc, cover by Alex Ebel) Reprint (Ace 1969) multi-award winning SF novel, with a new afterword and appendixes by the author, in honor of the book’s 25th anniversary.
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (Virago 1-86049-189-8, Jul ’97, £6.99, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1969) classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning SF novel.
• * _Malafrena (Berkley 0-425-08477-9, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 343pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley-Putnam 1979) quasi-historical novel set in an imaginary country in an era of revolution. 3rd Berkley printing.
• * _Nine Lives [revised from Playboy Nov ’69] (Pulphouse 1-56146-550-X, Feb ’92, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Doug Herring) Sf short story that originally appeared in Playboy in 1969 as well as in the collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters. This is Le Guin’s 1975 preferred text. Short story paperback #50. A leatherbound edition (-930-0, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * _Orsinian Tales (Bantam 0-553-24791-3, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 209pp, pb) Reissue (Harper & Row 1976) collection. 6th printing.
• * _Orsinian Tales (Harper & Row/Perennial Library 0-06-091433-5, Sep ’87, $6.95, 179pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) collection of 11 stories — almost mainstream, but set in an imaginary country.
• * _Orsinian Tales (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100182-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) collection of 11 stories.
• * *A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back (Orchard 0-531-05991-X, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $15.95, 48pp, hc, cover by Julie Downing) Children’s fantasy story with full-color illustrations by Julie Downing.
• * _Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (Gollancz 0-575-05277-5, Mar ’92, £14.99, 193pp, hc, cover by Steven McLeod) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) associational collection of ten mainstream stories set in a village on the coast of Oregon. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (HarperPerennial 0-06-092329-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $9.00, 193pp, tp, cover by Steven McLeod) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) associational mainstream collection of ten stories set on the Oregon coast.
• * _Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (TSP #747, Sep ’92, £7.99, 193pp, tp, cover by Steven McLeod) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) bookclub edition of the above. [Not seen]
• * _Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (HarperPrism 0-06-105400-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) associational mainstream collection of ten stories set on the Oregon coast.
• * _Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (Flamingo 0-00-654572-6, Jun ’95, £5.99, 194pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) associational collection of ten mainstream stories set in a village on the coast of Oregon.
• * *Searoad: The Chronicles of Klatsand (HarperCollins 0-06-016740-8, Oct ’91, $20.00, 193pp, hc, cover by Steven McLeod) Associational mainstream collection of ten stories set on the coast of Oregon. (Contents)
• * _Solomon Leviathan’s Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World (Putnam Philomel 0-399-21491-7, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, 32pp, hc) Reprint (Cheap Street 1983) children’s fantasy story with new full-color illustrations by Alicia Austin.
• * *Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31595-3, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $15.95, 226pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Fantasy novel, the fourth book of the acclaimed “Earthsea” series, this volume focuses on Tenar (the heroine of The Tombs of Atuan) and the disfigured child Terru. Darker in tone than the earlier books, this is a bittersweet and thoughtful conclusion to a wonderful series. Recommmended (SW).
• * _Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Gollancz 0-575-04870-0, Oct ’90, £9.95, 219pp, hc, cover by Tudor Humphries) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Earthsea” trilogy.
• * _Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28873-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 252pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Earthsea” series. This edition also has short excerpts from the first three books plus various stories and poems from Always Coming Home in an advertisement/appendix.
• * _Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Puffin 0-14-034802-6, Mar ’92, £3.50, 204pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Earthsea” trilogy.
• * _Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Roc UK 0-14-023079-3, Nov ’93, £4.99, 204pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Earthsea” series.
• * _Threshold (Grafton 0-586-05407-3, Jun ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Harper & Row 1980 as The Beginning Place) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Bantam 0-553-23903-1, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 146pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) fantasy novel, second in the “Earthsea” trilogy.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Gollancz 0-575-03325-8, Aug ’89, £9.95, 160pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Earthsea” trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27331-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) fantasy novel, second book of the “Earthsea” series; 24th printing.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31684-4, Jun ’91, $15.95, 163pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) fantasy novel, second book of the “Earthsea” series; eighth printing. This reissue seems to be an older book with a new jacket.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Roc UK 0-14-015777-8, Dec ’91, £3.99, 155pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume Two of the “Earthsea” series.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Puffin 0-14-030632-3, Mar ’92, £3.50, 155pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. “The Second Book of Earthsea”.
• * _Unlocking the Air (HarperCollins 0-06-092803-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $12.00, 207pp, tp, cover by Paul Klee) Reprint (HarperCollins 1996) collection of 18 “mainstream” stories, about half with fantasy elements.
• * *Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (HarperCollins 0-06-017260-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $22.00, 207pp, hc, cover by Paul Klee) Collection of 18 “mainstream” stories, although half seem to have fantasy elements. (Contents)
• * _A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else (Puffin 0-14-032764-9, Feb ’89 [Jun ’89], £1.75, 77pp, pb, cover by Kate Hodges) Reissue (Atheneum 1976 as Very Far Away from Anywhere Else) young adult associational short novel.
• * _A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else (Puffin 0-14-037313-6, Sep ’95 [Dec ’95], £3.50, 77pp, pb, cover by Ben Warner) Reissue (Atheneum 1976 as Very Far Away from Anywhere Else) fantasy novel.
• * *The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years (with Scott Russell Sanders) (Capra Press 0-88496-219-9, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $7.50, 122pp, tp) Two novellas in Capra’s Back-to-Back series. The Le Guin is an excerpt from her upcoming sf novel Always Coming Home; the Sanders is non-sf/fantasy. (Contents)
• * *The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years (with Scott Russell Sanders) (Capra Press 0-88496-219-9, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $25.00, 122pp, hc) 200 copy, signed, limited edition of the above.
• * *A Visit from Dr. Katz (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31332-2, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $12.95, unpaginated, hc) Children’s book, illustrated by Ann Barron. Non-sf, associational — for Le Guin completists.
• * _A Visit from Dr. Katz (Collins 0-00-195496-2, Dec ’88, £4.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Atheneum 1988) children’s picture book, illustrated by Ann Barrow. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Way of the Water’s Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range (with Ernest Waugh & Allan Nicholson) (Harper & Row 0-06-016157-4, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $30.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Ernest Waugh) Book of black and white nature photos, accompanied by text excerpted from Always Coming Home.
• * *Wild Oats and Fireweed (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-096227-5, Jan ’88 [May ’89], $7.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Wynn Bullock) Associational: collection of poems. A hardcover edition was announced; not seen. (Contents)