num_pages: 382
description: A spellbinding collection of seventeen stories from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin. Magnificent heroes, compassionate heroines and magical creatures struggle for survival in diverse and distant worlds. They long for immortality, are consumed by their own wizardry and are driven by their quest for utopia. Incomparable and unforgettable, these are the imaginative, wonder-filled, thoughtful stories of a true master.Contents:- Foreword (1975)- Semley's Necklace (1964)- April in Paris (1962)- The Masters (1963)- Darkness Box (1963)- The Word of Unbinding (1964)- The Rule of Names (1964)- Winter's King (1969)- The Good Trip (1970)- Nine Lives (1969)- Things (1970)- A Trip to the Head (1970)- Vaster Than Empires and More Slow (1971)- The Stars Below (1974)- The Field of Vision (1973)- Direction of the Road (1975)- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973)- The Day Before the Revolution (1974)Cover illustration by Danilo Ducak
language: English
title: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
titlecomplete: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
characters: Palani, Mr. Underhill, Blackbeard
genres: 20th Century, Science Fiction, Collections, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 6451
series: The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Earthsea Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Single Author Collection
publisher: HarperPrism