After being rescued by a flying cat, Alexander the cat decides to make good on a promise to do wonderful things.

From dream worlds to nightmare planets, through mazes of madness to tiny time holes in space, down pathways of desire to a new Atlantis, the compass rose points the way.

On the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, society is divided into owners and assets, and freedom is cherished above all else.

"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"--

[This book] represents the first time that all of Le Guin novellas have been collected in a single volume. Featuring thirteen unforgettable stories, this literary treasure is easily one of the most anticipated collections of the year. In addition to more than 800 pages of extraordinary storytelling, [this book] also includes an introduction from the legendary author.

After being rescued by a flying cat, Alexander the cat decides to make good on a promise to do wonderful things.

Deeply concerned with gender, these eight stories, although ostensibly about aliens, are all about ourselves: love, sex, life and alienation are all handled with illuminating grace. Le Guin's overarching theme, the journey, informs her characters as they struggle to come to terms with themselves or their worlds. The journey can be literal, as in "Paradises Lost," set on a generational ship, where the inhabitants, living in a utopia, learn they will...