num_pages: 246
description: "Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable."--from Changing PlanesThe misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien.Winner of the PEN/Malamud for Short Stories
language: English
title: Changing Planes
titlecomplete: Changing Planes
genres: Audiobook, Short Stories, Travel, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Adult, Anthologies, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 6033
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature
publisher: Harcourt