Title: Always Coming Home
Title Record # 2433
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1985-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Kesh / Always Coming Home
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1985-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Kesh / Always Coming Home
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
- This work is structured more as an anthropological study than a novel, and contains quite a number of separately titled poems, songs and stories. Some of them (The Trouble with the Cotton People, The Visionary, Dira, Time in the Valley, It Was Never Really Different, A Song Used in Chumo When Damming a Creek or Diverting Water to a Holding Tank for Irrigation, A Bay Laurel Song, An Exhortation from the Second and Third Houses of the Earth) have been published by themselves.
- Of the first edition, Ursula writes (in Locus #301): The boxed hardcover with cassette, called the "deluxe edition" by the publisher came out simultaneously with the trade paperback. "The boxed hardcover sold out very promptly, but new boxes were produced for it. ... As for the unboxed hardcover without cassette, this is the "library edition" ... for librarians who thought they did not want to handle the cassette. If this means that there are actually three first edition, I can only say *sigh* -- forget it. The cassette is part of the book, anyhow."
Synopsis: The Kesh people in the Valley and the Condor people in The City regularly meet. They influence each other, and some Kesh try to emulate the Condor. Sometimes there's conflict. Stone Telling records her own experience with this, daughter of a Kesh woman and a Condor man, growing up with her mother, living with her father in The City for a while. -- This is only one story among many in this book.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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10 | 1986 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination | 1986 Mythopoeic | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award |
Nomination (as Immer nach Hause) | 2024 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Always Coming Home | 1985-10-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper & Row | 0-06-015456-X | $25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
523+ [2] |
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. |
novel | John Wagner | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | 1985-10-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper & Row | 0-06-015545-0 | $50.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Wagner | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | 1986-00-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper & Row | 0-06-015456-X | $25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
523+ [2] |
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. |
novel | John Wagner | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | 1986-01-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26280-7 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
563 | 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. |
novel | Chris Hopkins | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | 1986-02-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper & Row / SFBC | 045666 | $14.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
525 | 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. |
novel | John Wagner | |
Always Coming Home | 1986-06-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz | 0-575-03855-1 | £10.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ![]() |
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Always Coming Home | 1986-06-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz | 0-575-03860-8 | £40.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
544 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
Always Coming Home: The Music and Poetry of the Kesh | 1986-07-01 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz | 0-575-03859-4 | audio cassette?Cassette tape |
novel | ||||
Always Coming Home | 1987-01-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26280-7 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
563 | 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. |
novel | ||
Always Coming Home | 1988-02-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Grafton | 0-586-07383-3 | £5.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
525 | 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. |
novel | Mike van Houten | ![]() |
Stalno se vraćajući kući?Stalno se vracajuci kuci Stalno se vrachajuchi kuchi |
1992-00-00 | Ursula Legvin | Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris) | 522 | 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. |
novel | Michael Whelan | ![]() |
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Always Coming Home | 1993-08-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-00-647595-7 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
563 | 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. |
novel | ||
Always Coming Home | 2001-03-00 | Ursula K. Le Guin | University of California Press | 0-520-22735-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
523+ [2] |
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. |
novel | Granville Redmond | ![]() |
Всегда возвращаясь домой?Vsegda vozvraščajasʹ domoj Vsegda vozvrashchaias domoi |
2008-03-17 |
Урсула Ле Гуин?Ursula Le Guin |
Эксмо?Eksmo (Вся Ле Гуин?Vsya Le Guin ) |
978-5-699-27063-7 | 704 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel |
Майкл Вэллан?Maykl Vellan
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La vallée de l'éternel retour | 2012-04-09 | Ursula Le Guin | Mnémos?Mnemos (Ourobores) |
978-2-35408-135-5 | €29.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
545 | 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. |
novel | Diego Tripodi | |
Always Coming Home | 2016-07-14 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-0580-2 | £9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xi+ 525 |
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. |
novel | Christopher Gibbs | |
Always Coming Home | 2016-07-14 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-0581-9 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Christopher Gibbs | ||
Always Coming Home | 2019-02-19 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Library of America (The Library of America #315) | 978-1-59853-603-4 | $35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
800 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ![]() |
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Always Coming Home | 2019-03-05 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Library of America (The Library of America #315) | 978-1-59853-604-1 | $16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
La vallée de l'éternel retour | 2019-12-00 | Ursula Le Guin | Mnémos?Mnemos |
978-2-35408-749-4 | €35.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
608 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Diego Tripodi | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | 2023-06-27 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper Perennial | 978-0-358-72692-0 | $24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
640 | 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. |
novel | ||
Always Coming Home | 2023-06-27 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Harper Perennial | 978-0-06-327471-6 | $12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Immer nach Hause | 2023-10-16 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Carcosa Verlag | 978-3-910914-00-1 | €48.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
859 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel |
s.BENeš?s.BENes
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Always Coming Home | date unknown | Ursula K. Le Guin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26280-7 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ix+ 563 |
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. |
novel | Chris Hopkins | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | date unknown | Ursula K. Le Guin | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-26280-7 | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
563 | 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. |
novel | Chris Hopkins | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | date unknown | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-0580-2 | £9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xi+ 525 |
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. |
novel | Christopher Gibbs | ![]() |
Always Coming Home | date unknown | Ursula K. Le Guin | Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) | 978-1-4732-0580-2 | £10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xi+ 525 |
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. |
novel | Christopher Gibbs | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Carol McGuirk (1985) in Fantasy Review, September 1985
- Review by Debbie Notkin (1985) in Locus, #296 September 1985
- Review by Andrew Andrews (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1986
- Review by Baird Searles (1986) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1986) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1986
- Review by K. V. Bailey (1986) in Vector 135
- Review by Maureen Kincaid Speller [as by Maureen Porter] (1986) in Vector 135
- Review by Dave Wolverton (1986) in The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #11, Winter 1986
- Review by Peter Brigg (1986) in Foundation, #36 Summer 1986
- Review by Martyn Taylor (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #73
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67
- Review by Sue Thomason (1993) in Vector 175
- Review by Jean-Charles Pichon (1995) in Para-doxa, Volume 1, Number 3, 1995
- Review by Graham Sleight (2008) in Locus, #573 October 2008
- Review by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo (2012) in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (2012)
- Review [French] by Laurent Leleu (2012) in Bifrost, #67
- Review by Mazin Saleem (2018) in Strange Horizons, 26 November 2018
- Review by Amy Kurzweil (2021) in The New York Times Book Review, August 15, 2021
- Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2024) in phantastisch!, #93
- Review [German] by Michael Wehren (2024) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2024