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The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands (The Unreal and t...

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Jan 03, 2017 Nicky rated it it was amazing

Shelves: speculative-fiction, short-stories-novellas, fantasy

Outer Space, Inner Lands is the second of two volumes collecting together the best of Ursula Le Guin’s short fiction. It’s also the one containing all the SF work, or at least all the less realistic work, and it contains stories like ‘Those Who Walk Away from Omelas’, one of Ursula Le Guin’s most famous stories (at least among people I know) — though not my favourite, as I think the moral is obvious from the beginning.

As always, Le Guin’s writing is clear and strong, and the stories chosen here ...more

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Nov 02, 2012 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: short-stories, speculative-fiction

My parents have all of Ms. Le Guin's books, including every previous collection, and I grew up reading her stories. When I bought these at Atomic in December I planned to read them all again in Ms. Le Guin's curated order. It has taken a while. I kept the book next to my bed, and I read one story every night, except sometimes I went back and reread one from the night before or the night before that. 'Cause here's the thing: these are GREAT stories. I notice something new every time.

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