Title: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Title Record # 58836
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1973-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Omelas
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Year Title unknown The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas [as by Ursula K. LeGuin]

Year Language Title 1975ⓘTranslated by Henry-Luc Planchat. French Ceux qui partent d'Omelas 1977ⓘTranslated by Henry-Luc Planchat French Ceux qui partent d'Omelas [as by Ursula Le Guin] 1978ⓘTranslated by Veres Mihály Hungarian Akik elhagyják Omelast?Akik elhagyjak Omelast Akik elhagyjaak Omelast 1978ⓘTranslated by Margot Kempf German Die Omelas den Rücken kehren?Die Omelas den Ruecken kehren 1983ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić Croatian Oni što napuštaju Omelas [as by Ursula Le Guin] 1987ⓘTranslated by María Elena Rius Spanish Los que se marchan de Omelas 1990ⓘTranslated by Ростислав Рыбкин (Rostislav Rybkin). Russian Те, кто уходит из Омеласа?Te, kto ukhodit iz Omelasa [as by Урсула Ле Гуин?Ursula Le Guin ] 1993ⓘ Translated by Zoran Jakšić Serbian Oni što odlaze iz Omelasa?Oni sto odlaze iz Omelasa Oni shto odlaze iz Omelasa [as by Ursula Legvin] 2004ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli Italian Quelli che si allontanano da Omelas 2008ⓘTranslated by Emanuel Huțanu Romanian Cei care pleacă din Omelas?Cei care pleaca din Omelas 2009 Portuguese Os que se afastam de Omelas

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1974 Hugo	Best Short Story
6	1974 Locus	Best Short Fiction
2 ⓘ52 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Short Story
Preliminary Nominees	2017 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
New Dimensions 3	1973-10-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	5889	$1.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 212	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dennis Anderson
New Dimensions III	1974-02-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Signet / New American Library	0-451-05805-4 / Q5805	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 183	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.	anth	Charles Moll
New Dimensions III	1974-02-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Signet	Q5805	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	vii+ 183	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.	anth	Charles Moll
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 368	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.	anth	Larry Sutton
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1974-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-24063-4	C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xi+ 368	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.	anth	Larry Sutton
La frontière avenir	1975-00-00	ed. Henry-Luc Planchat	Seghers (Constellations)			286	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.	anth	Jackie Paternoster
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1975-10-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row	0-06-012562-4	$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[viii]+ 303	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Patricia Voehl
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1976-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz	0-575-02070-9	£3.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	[viii]+ 303	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1976-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row / SFBC	1901	$2.49?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	246	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Patricia Voehl
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3	1976-06-00	ed. Terry Carr	Ballantine Books	0-345-25015-X	$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 368	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.	anth
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1976-10-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-02907-X	$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277+ [1]	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	Pauline Ellison
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1977-02-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-02907-X	$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	278	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	Pauline Ellison
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	1977-08-05	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-12218-7	$12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 603	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1977-09-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-02907-X	$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[8]+ 277	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	Pauline Ellison
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	1977-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	1845	$4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 603	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Ursula Le Guin	1977-12-26	Ursula Le Guin	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5012)	2-266-00490-5		381	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	C. Broutin
Galaktika 30: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 30: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia Galaktika 30: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia	1978-00-00	ed. Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter	Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek	IF 3317 - e - 7880	Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF	127	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.	anth	Rudolf Hausner
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1978-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row	0-06-012562-4		viii+ 303	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Patricia Voehl
The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II	1978-05-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther / Granada	0-586-04623-2	£0.75?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	138	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 Gudynas
Im Grenzland der Sonne	1978-07-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3592)	3-453-30498-5	DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	223	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.	anth	Blair Wilkins
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part Three: 1974-1975	1979-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)	0-234-72088-3		209	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1979-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-12842-6	$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[8]+ 278+ [1]	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	Pauline Ellison
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror	1979-06-00	ed. Leonard Wolf	Clarkson N. Potter	0-517-53752-4	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 473	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Virgil Finlay
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror	1979-06-00	ed. Leonard Wolf	Clarkson N. Potter	0-517-53635-8	$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 473	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.	anth	Virgil Finlay
The Hugo Winners: Volume 3, Book 2	1979-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24045-2	$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	352	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.	anth	Attila Hejja
The Best of New Dimensions	1979-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Pocket Books	0-671-82976-9	$2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 333	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.	anth	Richard Powers
The Best of New Dimensions	1979-11-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Pocket Books	0-671-82976-9	C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xiv+ 333	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.	anth	Richard Powers
Die zwölf Striche der Windrose	1980-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Nymphenburger	3-485-00391-3	DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	375+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Maxfield Parrish
The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II	1980-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04623-2	£0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	138	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 Gudynas
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1981-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-20132-8	$2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 278	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	Pauline Ellison
Anthologie de la littérature de Science-Fiction	1981-10-06	ed. Jacques Sadoul	Editions Ramsay	2-85956-231-1		670	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tibor Csernus
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Ursula Le Guin	1982-05-02	Ursula Le Guin	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5012)	2-266-00490-5		381	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	C. Broutin
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature	1983-00-00	ed. Alberto Manguel	Picador	0-330-28141-0	£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xix+ 967	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.	anth	Brian Griffin (I)
Sirius, #79	1983-01-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 40?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	148	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.	mag	Vjekoslav Ivezić?Vjekoslav Ivezic Vjekoslav Ivezich
Die zwölf Striche der Windrose?Die zwoelf Striche der Windrose	1983-10-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #25)	3-453-30964-2	DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	334	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	Karel Thole
The Fantasy Hall of Fame	1983-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-521-2	$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	431	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	E. T. Steadman
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature	1984-04-00	ed. Alberto Manguel	Clarkson N. Potter	0-517-55269-8	$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xix+ 967	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.	anth	George Tooker
Las doce moradas del viento II	1987-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Edhasa			181	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	Julio Vivas
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1987-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row	0-06-091434-3	$10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		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
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1987-09-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Perennial Library / Harper & Row	0-06-091434-3	$6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	303	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
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats	1988-06-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Robinson	0-948164-71-9	£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	431	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.	anth	Christos Achilleos
Fictions: Second Edition	1989-00-00	ed. C. Wade Jennings, Joseph F. Trimmer	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-527326-4		xi+ 1230	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.	anth	Bernard Faucon
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1989-11-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #37)	0-575-04607-4	£3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 303	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	Brian Waugh
Те, кто уходит из Омеласа?Te, kto ukhodit iz Omelasa	1990-00-00	ed. Ростислав Рыбкин?Rostislav Rybkin	Известия?Izvestiya ( Библиотека журнала «Иностранная литература»?Biblioteka zhurnala "Inostrannaya literatura" #151)	5-206-00039-6		181	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.	anth	А. Махов?A. Makhov
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats	1990-07-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Robinson	0-948164-71-9	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	431	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.	anth	Christos Achilleos
La science-fiction	1991-00-00	ed. Karl Canvat	Didier Hatier	2-87088-732-9		48	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.	anth
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1991-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Perennial Library / Harper & Row	0-06-091434-3	$10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	303	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
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	1991-04-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperPaperbacks	0-06-100162-7	$4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	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	Danilo Ducak
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	1992-10-01	Ursula K. Le Guin	Creative Education	0-88682-501-6		32	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Паразиты мозга / Мемо / Те, кто уходит из Омеласа?Parazity mozga / Memo / Te, kto ukhodit iz Omelasa	1993-00-00	Урсула Ле Гуин?Ursula Le Guin , Андре Рюэллен?Andre Ruellen , Колин Уилсон?Kolin Uilson	Эль-Фа?El'-Fa ( FATUM - Фантастика?FATUM - Fantastika #3)	5-88195-031-3		352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	М. М. Горлов?M. M. Gorlov
Dvanaest četvrti vetra?Dvanaest chetvrti vetra Dvanaest cetvrti vetra	1993-00-00	Ursula Legvin	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			174	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	Michael Whelan
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror	1994-11-00	ed. Leonard Wolf	Newmarket Press	1-55704-214-4	$16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 343	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.	anth
Treasures of Fantasy	1997-06-00	ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis	HarperPrism	0-06-105327-9	$14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 401	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.	anth	Paul Youll
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers	1998-10-00	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-1002-3	$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 543	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tom McKeveny
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century	1998-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	NewStar Publishing	0-7871-1680-7			audio cassette?Cassette tape	anth
Treasures of Fantasy	1999-09-00	ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis	HarperPrism	0-06-105630-8	$6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 559	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.	anth	Paul Youll
Treasures of Fantasy	1999-09-01	ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis	HarperPrism	0-06-105630-8	$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 559	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.	anth
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century	1999-12-16	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	Phoenix Audio		$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2000-10-00	Ursula Le Guin	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07139-7	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 303	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
Une histoire de la science-fiction - 3: 1958-1981: L'expansion	2000-10-00	ed. Jacques Sadoul	Librio (Librio #404)	2-290-30741-6	F10.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	126	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.	anth	Bernard Bitler
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century	2001-11-00	ed. Orson Scott Card	Ace Books	0-441-00864-X	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Pyrographx
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century	2001-12-00	ed. Orson Scott Card	Ace Books / SFBC	11613	$12.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Pyrographx
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers	2002-00-00	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-3453-4	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 543	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.	anth	Tom McKeveny
Great Fantasy	2004-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	W. H. Smith	1-84529-106-9	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	431	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.	anth	Julek Heller
The Contemporary American Short Story	2004-00-00	ed. B. Minh Nguyen, Porter Shreve	Longman / Pearson	0-321-11727-1		xxx+ 642	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.	anth	Gretchen Dow Simpson
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2004-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Perennial	0-06-091434-3	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	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
I dodici punti cardinali	2004-02-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #183)	88-429-1298-0	€16.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	294	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century	2004-03-00	ed. Orson Scott Card	Ace Books	0-441-01133-0	$14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	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.	anth	Pyrographx
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2004-12-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-06-091434-3	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	303	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
30/30: Thirty American Stories from the Last Thirty Years	2006-00-00	ed. B. Minh Nguyen, Porter Shreve	Pearson Longman	0-321-33898-7		xi+ 306	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.	anth
American Short Stories	2007-10-14	ed. Bert Hitchcock, Margaret Kouidis	Pearson Longman	0-321-48489-4		768	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.	anth
Sci-Fi Magazin, ianuarie 2008	2008-01-00	ed. George Lazăr?George Lazar , Cătălin Moraru?Catalin Moraru	Mediapress, Botoșani?Mediapress, Botosani		Lei 5?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	180	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.	mag	Iulian Coniac , Dane Wirtzfeld , Andrew Penner
Rumo à fantasia?Rumo a fantasia	2009-00-00	ed. Roberto de Sousa Causo	Devir (Quymera)	978-85-7532-373-1		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.	anth	Vagner Vargas
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2009-04-09	Ursula K. Le Guin	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-6236-9	$22.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Secret History of Science Fiction	2009-10-01	ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-93-3	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	380+ [1]	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.	anth	Digital Vision
Backpack Literature	2010-00-00	ed. Dana Gioia, X. J. Kennedy	Longman	978-0-205-72758-2		1210	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.	anth	Edward Hopper
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories	2010-01-02	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-288-8	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Cody Tilson
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories	2011-01-25	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-221-5	$15.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[8]+ 481+ [7]	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.	anth	Cody Tilson
Outer Space, Inner Lands	2012-11-13	Ursula K. Le Guin	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-035-0	$24.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	iv+ 333+ [6]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Roden , Valerie Lueth
Outer Space, Inner Lands	2012-11-27	Ursula K. Le Guin	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-037-4	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Paul Roden , Valerie Lueth
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories: Second Edition	2012-12-04	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-454-7	$16.99?$: 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.	anth	Cody Tilson
Outer Space, Inner Lands	2013-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-035-0	$24.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	iv+ 333+ [6]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Roden , Valerie Lueth
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.	coll
Outer Space, Inner Lands	2014-07-17	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz	978-1-4732-0285-6	£18.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: GBP	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.	coll
Bifrost, #78	2015-04-24	ed. Olivier Girard	Le Bélial'?Le Belial'	978-2-913039-75-9	€11.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	192	A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Anders Lazaret
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. ISO code: GBP	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
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2015-08-27	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-1436-1	£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny	2016-09-21	ed. Drew Ford	Dover Publications (Doomsday Classics)	978-0-486-80231-2	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 296	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.	anth
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. ISO code: USD	715+ [6]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Don Smith
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. ISO code: USD		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. ISO code: USD	1552	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	2017-02-14	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Perennial	978-0-06-247097-3	$1.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2017-02-14	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Perennial	978-0-06-247103-1	$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2017-02-14	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Perennial	978-0-06-247103-1			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy	2020-07-21	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Books	978-0-525-56386-0	$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 876	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.	anth	Leonora Carrington
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy	2020-07-21	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Books	978-0-525-56387-7	$12.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	896	ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Leonora Carrington
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2021-10-26	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperAudio	978-0-06-314341-8	$30.79?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	2022-09-06	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Perennial (Olive Editions)	978-0-06-326959-0	$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	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	Milan Bozic
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature	date unknown	ed. Alberto Manguel	Picador	0-330-28141-0	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xix+ 967	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.	anth	Brian Griffin (I)
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature	date unknown	ed. Alberto Manguel	Clarkson N. Potter	0-517-55269-8	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xix+ 967	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.	anth	George Tooker
Étoiles des profondeurs	date unknown	Ursula Le Guin	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5012)	2-266-04519-9		386	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	W. Siudmak
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century	date unknown	ed. Orson Scott Card	Ace Books	0-441-00864-X	$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Pyrographx
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century	date unknown	ed. Orson Scott Card	Ace Books	0-441-01133-0	$16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	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.	anth	Pyrographx
Outer Space, Inner Lands	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz / Orion	978-1-4732-0286-3	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
Outer Space, Inner Lands	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz / Orion	978-1-4732-0286-3	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
The Fantasy Hall of Fame	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-521-2	$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	431	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	E. T. Steadman
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	01845	$5.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 603	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Jay Silverman
The Secret History of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-93-3	$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	381	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.	anth	Digital Vision
The Wind's Twelve Quarters	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Bantam Books	0-553-23541-9	$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	277	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	Pauline Ellison
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. ISO code: GBP	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

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Reviews

• Review by Spider Robinson (1977) in Galaxy, September 1977
• Review by Eric Ponvelle (2013) in Deep Cuts , reprinted in:
•     Deep Cuts (2013)
• Review [Portuguese] by Luís Filipe Silva (2014) in Somnium, Julho 2014