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Title: The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics Title Record # 229611
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1974-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 9.00 (2 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.75 (4 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: linguistics (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1983ⓘFirst published in Fellowship of the Stars, ed. Terry Carr, Simon & Schuster, 1974.
 "The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics
1994 The Author of the Acacia Seeds
Year Language Title
1976ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt and Pon Ruiter
 Dutch De auteur van de acaciazaden en andere artikelen uit het tijdschrift van het genootschap voor therolinguïstiek
1985ⓘTranslated by Gerard Suurmeijer
 Dutch De auteur van de acaciazaden
1985ⓘTranslated by Hilde Linnert
 German
Der Autor der Akaziensamen und andere Auszüge aus dem "Journal der Gesellschaft für Therolinguistik"?Der Autor der Akaziensamen und andere Auszuege aus dem "Journal der Gesellschaft fuer Therolinguistik"
1988ⓘTranslated by Philippe Rouillé & Martine Laroche
 French L'auteur des graines d'acacia [as by Ursula Le Guin]
1989ⓘTitle means "Announcing an Expedition". Translated by Mihnea Columbeanu
 Romanian
Anunțarea unei expediții?Anuntarea unei expeditii
Anuntsarea unei expeditsii
1990ⓘTranslated by Ирина Тогоева / Irina Togoyeva.
 Russian
Автор «Записок на семенах акации» и другие статьи из «Журнал ассоциации теролингвистов»?Avtor «Zapisok na semenakh akatsii» i drugie stat'i iz «Zhurnal assotsiatsii terolingvistov»
[as by
Урсула Ле Гуин?Ursula Le Guin
]
1994ⓘ
  • Translated by Mirjana Živković
Serbian Pisac na semenju akacije [as by Ursula Legvin]
2001ⓘTranslated by 安野玲(Anno Rei)
 Japanese
アカシア種子文書の著者をめぐる考察ほか、『動物言語学会誌』からの抜粋?アカシアしゅしぶんしょのちょしゃをめぐるこうさつほか、『どうぶつげんごがくかいし』からのばっすい
Akashia Shushu Bunsho no Chosha wo Meguru Kōsatsu hoka, "Dōbutsu Gengogaku Kaishi" kara no Bassui
Akashia Shushu Bunsho no Chosha wo Meguru Kousatsu hoka, "Doubutsu Gengogaku Kaishi" kara no Bassui
Akashia Shushu Bunsho no Chosha o Meguru Kōsatsu hoka, "Dōbutsu Gengogaku Kaishi" kara no Bassui
Akashia Shushu Bunsho no Chosha o Meguru Kousatsu hoka, "Doubutsu Gengogaku Kaishi" kara no Bassui
[as by
アーシュラ・K・ル=グウィン?Āshura K. Ru Guuin
Aashura K. Ru Guuin
]
2003ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli
 Italian L'autrice dei semi di acacia e altri estratti da Rivista dell'Associazione di Teriolinguistica
2023ⓘTranslated by Karen Nölle. Text editor for the initial, 2023 publication of this translation: Hannes Riffel.
 German
Die Verfasserin der Akaziensamen und weitere Auszüge aus der Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Therolinguistik?Die Verfasserin der Akaziensamen und weitere Auszuege aus der Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fuer Therolinguistik

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
4 (as "The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics) 1975 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fellowship of the Stars 1974-00-00 ed. Terry Carr Simon & Schuster 0-671-21881-6
$7.95?$: US dollar
 222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Joel Avirom Checkmark
Fellowship of the Stars 1974-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Simon & Schuster / SFBC 6371
$1.49?$: US dollar
 ix+
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Joel Avirom Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 1975-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-24529-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
304
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 1975-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-24529-6
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 xii+
304
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 1975-09-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-02010-5
£3.75?£: UK pound
 272
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 1976-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Ballantine Books 0-345-24529-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
 304
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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The Compass Rose 1982-06-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Pendragon Press & Underwood-Miller 0-934438-60-9
$40.00?$: US dollar
 290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Thomas Canty  
The Compass Rose 1982-07-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Harper & Row 0-06-014988-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
273
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 coll Jon Weiman Checkmark
The Compass Rose 1982-10-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Harper & Row / SFBC 1403
$5.50?$: US dollar
 246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jon Weiman  
The Compass Rose 1983-03-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz 0-575-03229-4
£7.95?£: UK pound
 viii+
273
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The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces 1983-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-445-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
 538
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Compass Rose 1983-07-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Bantam Books 0-553-23512-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
271
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 coll Yvonne Gilbert Checkmark
The Compass Rose 1984-00-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Granada 0-586-06053-7
£1.95?£: UK pound
 286
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 coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces 1984-02-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-446-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
 538
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Great Tales of Science Fiction 1985-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$8.98?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1987-09-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Capra Press 0-88496-270-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
 196
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Margaret Chodos-Irvine Checkmark
The Compass Rose 1987-11-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Bantam Spectra 0-553-23512-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 271
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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The Compass Rose 1988-00-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Grafton / Collins (UK) 0-586-06053-7
£2.95?£: UK pound
 286
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Great Tales of Science Fiction 1988-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$9.98?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Through Other Eyes: Animal Stories by Women 1988-09-00 ed. Irene Zahava The Crossing Press 0-89594-314-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
 188
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1990-03-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz 0-575-04739-9
£13.95?£: UK pound
 196
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jane Hartley Checkmark
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1990-10-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Roc / New American Library 0-451-45049-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
 236
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1991-00-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Roc / New American Library 0-451-45049-3
C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 236
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
The Compass Rose 1991-06-00 Ursula K. Le Guin HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100181-3
$4.50?$: US dollar
 xi+
368
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Great Tales of Science Fiction 1994-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1994-06-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Plume 0-452-26480-4
$10.95?$: US dollar
 196
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-07-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-85062-X
$35.00?$: US dollar
 990+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Carol Russo Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orbit 1-85723-271-2
£25.00?£: UK pound
 990
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Berkey Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1994-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 05435
$17.98?$: US dollar
 990
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Berkey Checkmark
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences 1994-12-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Roc / New American Library 0-451-45434-0
$8.95?$: US dollar
 196
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Robert Goldstrom Checkmark
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF 1997-09-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Orb 0-312-85509-5
$27.95?$: US dollar
 990
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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The Compass Rose 2005-03-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Perennial / HarperCollins 0-06-091447-5
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
368
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Outer Space, Inner Lands 2012-11-13 Ursula K. Le Guin Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-035-0
$24.00?$: US dollar
 iv+
333+
[6]
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 coll Paul Roden , Valerie Lueth Checkmark
Outer Space, Inner Lands 2012-11-27 Ursula K. Le Guin Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-037-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
  
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 coll Paul Roden , Valerie Lueth  
Outer Space, Inner Lands 2013-00-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-035-0
$24.00?$: US dollar
 iv+
333+
[6]
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Outer Space, Inner Lands 2014-04-22 Ursula K. Le Guin Recorded Books 978-1-4703-8297-1    
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
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Outer Space, Inner Lands 2014-07-17 Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz 978-1-4732-0285-6
£18.99?£: UK pound
 352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Outer Space, Inner Lands 2015-01-08 Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz 978-1-4732-0286-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
 352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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The Compass Rose 2015-08-13 Ursula K. Le Guin Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1437-8
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose 2015-08-13 Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0576-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xx+
561
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 omni Christopher Gibbs Checkmark
The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin 2016-10-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press 978-1-4814-7596-9
$29.99?$: US dollar
 715+
[6]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Don Smith Checkmark
The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin 2016-10-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press 978-1-4814-7598-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 omni  
The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin 2016-11-15 Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press 978-1-4814-8946-1
$59.99?$: US dollar
 1552
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin 2017-11-00 Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press 978-1-4814-7597-6
$19.99?$: US dollar
 715
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 omni  
The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin 2017-11-07 Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press 978-1-5344-0471-7
$39.99?$: US dollar
 1584
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 omni  
Outer Space, Inner Lands date unknown Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz / Orion 978-1-4732-0286-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
 x+
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Getty Images , Duncan Walker Checkmark
Outer Space, Inner Lands date unknown Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz / Orion 978-1-4732-0286-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
 x+
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Getty Images , Duncan Walker Checkmark
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose date unknown Ursula K. Le Guin Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-0576-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xx+
561
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 omni Christopher Gibbs Checkmark
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