num_pages: 277
description: Wizardry, transforming its master into a cloud of fine mist...cloning, duplicating the ideal man ten times over...Utopia, in a city where almost everyone is perfectly happy...Ursula Le Guin, author of The Earthsea Trilogy, has a special way of blending stirring adventure with fantasy that has made comparison with such masters as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien inevitable.Now, in The Wind's Twelve Quarters, seventeen of her favorite stories reaffirm Ursula Le Guin as one of America's outstanding writers.CONTENTS:ForewordSemley's NecklaceApril in ParisThe MastersDarkness BoxThe Word of UnbindingThe Rule of NamesWinter's KingThe Good TripNine LivesThingsA Trip to the HeadVaster than Empires and More SlowThe Stars BelowThe Field of VisionDirection of the RoadThe Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasThe Day Before the Revolution
language: English
title: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
titlecomplete: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
characters: Mr. Underhill, Palani, Blackbeard
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Collections, Fantasy, Classics, Anthologies, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 6451
series: Earthsea Cycle, The Wind's Twelve Quarters
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Single Author Collection
publisher: Bantam