Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".
Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
11 books available
1971
The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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A young woman, stripped of her name and confined as high priestess to ancient powers in a labyrinthine tomb, finds her desolate life upended by a wizard seeking stolen treasure, who ultimately offers her a perilous path to freedom.
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In a future Portland ravaged by climate change, a man whose dreams reshape reality battles his manipulative psychiatrist, who uses this power to 'improve' humanity, only to unravel existence itself.