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May, 2009


 

       

In May 2009, this site featured these great books and audiobooks by URSULA LeGUIN:

May's Featured Author

URSULA LeGUIN


WINNER of many Sci-Fi & Fantasy book awards!
Including FOUR TIME winner of the Nebula Award!!

1969 Nebula Award for "Left Hand of Darkness,"
the 1974 Nebula Award for "The Dispossessed"
the 1990 Nebula Award for "Tenahu: Last Book of Earthsea"
and the 2008 Nebula Award for "Powers" ...

Also check our Articles and Reviews page for Will Kaliff's book review on "The Tombs of Atuan"


You can see our Links Page for a full listing of all the Nebula Award winners from 1965 to 2008. This is a great reference whenever you are looking for another sci-fi author to explore.

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AUDIOBOOKS from Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Farthest Shore
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Catwings Return

The Farthest Shore

$22.37

*AUDIOBOOK*. Young Arren, Prince of Enlad, brings disquieting news to the Wizard Sparrowhawk, telling how the powers of wizardry, spells and chants have gone from his island. They go on a sea odyssey in search of the source of evil that is drying up their magic ...

Rocannon's World

$40.05

*AUDIOBOOK*. The first book in the Hainish series. Adapted and expanded from a short story called "The Dowry of Angyar," it follows the journey to self-discovery of a man abandoned alone on a planet....

Catwings Return

$11.02

*AUDIOBOOK* The catwings decide to visit their mother in the city...

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Planet of Exile
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City of Illusions
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Planet of Exile

$15.57

*AUDIOBOOK* The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years - and ten of Werel's years are over 600 terrestrial years, and the lonely and dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain ...

City of Illusions

$17.47

*AUDIOBOOK* He is a full-grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he has come from and no memory to tell who or what he is....

Wizard of Earthsea

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*AUDIOBOOK* Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world....

 


Tombs of Atuan by Ursula LeGuin

A Book Review by Will Kaliff

The Tombs of Atuan is the second book in LeGuin's Earthsea series of books. At less than 150 pages in length it is a small yet magical book that is suitable for children and adults. This is a perfect book for bedtime stories or if you want something light that won't ... more


 

Books by URSULA K. LE GUIN


Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin

Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin

Collected interviews with the renowned science fiction and fantasy writer known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and the Earthsea sequence of novels and stories


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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)

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Tombs Of Atuan

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The Farthest Shore (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 3)

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A Wizard of Earthsea
(Earthsea, Book One)

$12.98

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance....

Tombs of Atuan
(Earthsea, Book Two)

$17.20

When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away from her-home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan, shrouded in darkness. When a young wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, Tenar's rightful duty is to protect the Tombs. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic and tales of a brighter world Tenar has never known...

The Farthest Shore
(Earthsea, Book Three)

$12.48

CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it..

Tehanu
(Earthsea, Book Four)

$18.00

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year (1990)! It is a time of growing evil and the perversion of magic. Power hangs in the balance, and uncertainty and fear are widespread, as magi and king alike seek a woman of Gont to show them the way forward. Tenar, erstwhile Priestess of Atuan, cares for Therru, a young girl who has been abused....

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The Left Hand of Darkness

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The Dispossessed

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The Lathe of Heaven

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Left Hand of Darkness

$7.48

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year (1969)! A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization....

The Dispossessed

$13.95

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year (1974)! Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born....

Lathe of Heaven

$6.48


George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for better or for worse. In desperation, he consults a psychotherapist who promises to help him -- but who, it soon becomes clear, has his own plans for George and his dreams....

Tales from EarthSea
(Earthsea, Book Five)

$7.59

In this short-story collection, author Le Guin revisits the setting for her renowned Earthsea quartet. Also included is an Earthsea history and several maps. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001....

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Catwings

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Catwings Return

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Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings

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Catwings Collection

Catwings

$14.80

When Mrs. Jane Tabby gives birth to four kittens, she is surprised to see that they all have wings. As the kittens grow, Mrs. Tabby encourages them to fly away from the dreary and dangerous city where they live....

Catwings Return

$14.80

The further adventures of the four winged cats first introduced in "Catwings." In this story, the siblings return to their birthplace in search of their non-winged mother, Mrs. Jane Tabby...

Wonderful Alexander
and the Catwings

$14.95

"Nothing frightens Alexander!" the Furbies exclaim of their biggest, strongest, loudest kitten. "Alexander is wonderful!" But the world Alexander trots off to explore turns out to be terrifying -- with trucks and dogs ...

Catwings Collection

$15.99

Acclaimed author Ursula Le Guin's first four installments of her series about the magical winged cats are packaged together in a beautiful paperback boxed collection....

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Rocannon's World
(Hainish Cycle, Book 1)

$7.25

**Used - Library Book** The first book in the Hainish series. Adapted and expanded from a short story called "The Dowry of Angyar," it follows the journey to self-discovery of a man abandoned alone on a planet...

Planet of Exile
(Hainish Cycle, Book 2)

$12.00

The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years - and ten of Werel's years are over 600 terrestrial years, and the lonely and dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain ...

City of Illusions
(Hainish Cycle, Book 3)

$30.01

This is the story of a journey of discovery - a story full of riddles, allegories and echoes of ancient cultures; of Utopia, a fantastic city. The text is also suitable for adult students taking English examinations and for overseas students ...

Worlds of Exile
and Illusion
(Hainish Cycle,
Books 1, 2 & 3)

$9.42

The author's first three novels--City of Illusions, Rocannon's World, and Planet of Exile--are included in an omnibus edition, as her characters battle forces in society that seek to tear them apart ....

 


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