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Ursula K. Le Guin

Born

in Berkeley, California, The United States

October 21, 1929

Died

January 22, 2018

Website

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, Virginia Woolf, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Phil ...more

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Ursula K. Le Guin published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild Girls. She lived in Portland, Oregon.

She was known for her treatment of gender (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Matter of Seggri), political systems (The Telling, The Dispossessed) and difference/otherness in any other form. Her interest in non-Western philosophies was reflected in works such as "Solitude" and The Telling but even more interesting are her imagined societies, often mi ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,673,596 ratings · 134,939 reviews · 1,045 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 363,101 ratings — published 1968 — 336 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 222,948 ratings — published 1969 — 304 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.26 avg rating — 152,417 ratings — published 1974 — 215 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 136,122 ratings — published 1971 — 212 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 127,049 ratings — published 1972 — 197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 89,330 ratings — published 1971 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 59,792 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 53,832 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word for World Is Forest 4.07 avg rating — 44,412 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 33,109 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin - anything by her: A Wizard of Earthsea The Left Hand of Darkness

16 votes, 45.7%

The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids (Amra Thetys, #1) by Michael McClung

The Legend of Eli Monpress (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #1-3) by Rachel Aaron

Broken Blade (Fallen Blade, #1) by Kelly McCullough

The Hammer and the Blade (Egil and Nix #1) by Paul S. Kemp

Thieves The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids, The Legend of Eli Monpress Broken Blade The Hammer and the Blade

6 votes, 17.1%

The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany

The Legend of Drizzt The Collected Stories by R.A. Salvatore

Defenders of Ulthuan (Warhammer) by Graham McNeill

Elves like The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories or Doom of the Elves or Defenders of Ulthuanor some Dunsany The King of Elfland's Daughter

5 votes, 14.3%

Slaine The Wanderer (Slaine) by Pat Mills

Chronicles of Hate (Chronicles of Hate, #1) by Adrian Smith

The Complete Marvel Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 5 by Roy Thomas

Graphic Novels: like Slaine The Wanderer, Chronicles of Hate,
The Complete Marvel Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 5

3 votes, 8.6%

The Dwarves (The Dwarves, #1) by Markus Heitz

Gotrek & Felix The First Omnibus by William King

Dwarves: The Dwarves or Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus

2 votes, 5.7%

Bloodborn (Ulrika The Vampire) by Nathan Long

Vampire Wars The Von Carstein Trilogy (Warhammer Chronicles) by Steven Savile

Way of the Wolf (Vampire Earth #1) by E.E. Knight

Necroscope (Necroscope, #1) by Brian Lumley

Vampires:Bloodborn or Vampire Wars The Von Carstein Trilogy Way of the Wolf or Necroscope

2 votes, 5.7%

Ursula (write-in)

1 vote, 2.9%

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