Ursula K. Le Guin
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Earthsea series volume 1
Description
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
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"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that change in the decade since the publication of her last nonfiction collection, The Language of the Night. And what a mind--strong, supple, disciplined, playful, ranging over the whole field of its concerns, from modern literature to menopause, from utopian...
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
4) Cat dreams
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Description
Presents a feline dreamland where it rains mice, all the dogs have run away, and a big bowl of kibbles and cream is waiting.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a mythical world filled with magic and bewitchment, crops are dwindling, dragons have reappeared, and humanity is giving way to chaos. Journey with Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a master wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, on a tale of redemption and self-discovery as they search for the force behind a mysterious imbalance in the land of Earthsea.
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Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 89 pages ; 22 cm
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"Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin was lauded by millions for her groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels, though she began her career as a poet. "I still kind of twitch and growl when I'm reduced to being the science fiction writer. I'm a novelist and increasingly a poet. And sometimes I wish they'd call me that," Le Guin said in a 2015 interview with NPR. In this clarifying and sublime collection--written shortly before her death...
12) Earthsea
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Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the magical world of Earthsea, the Amulet of Peace has ensured harmony between humans and dragons for centuries. But when the Amulet is broken and a piece of it disappears, it's up to a neophyte wizard to restore balance and stop a nefarious king from conquering Earthsea's islands.
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Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"George Orr is haunted by dreams that become reality. In a world where pollution has destroyed the ice caps and plagues rage unchecked, a psychiatrist sees Orr's power as a way for humanity to escape its bleak fate. But as each attempt to direct Orr's dreaming ends in failure, the doctor's obsession with playing God grows stronger."--Container.
14) The Dispossessed
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Series
Hainish series volume 1
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"One of the greats....Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon." – Stephen King
From the brilliant and award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust — and the man who risks everything to reunite them.
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother
...15) Lathe of heaven
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For George, the saying "dreams come true" is terribly accurate--his nighttime visions reshape reality. After drugging himself in an attempt to keep from dreaming, George is arrested and ordered to seek psychiatric treatment for his "delusions". When his doctor realizes that George's power is real, he starts to manipulate George's dreams, with disasterous consequences.
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Flamboyant
Pub. Date
[2019]
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170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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"Una noche, la se?ora Jane Tabby so?? que pod?a volar y escapar de la dura vida en la ciudad. Pero ya se sabe: los gatos no pueden volar. Cuando, poco despu?s, nacieron sus hijos, entendi? el significado de ese sue?o. ¡Hab?an nacido con alas! Deb?an marcharse y buscar una vida mejor lejos del barrio. ¿Qu? aventuras les esperan m?s all? de los confines de la ciudad? Sigue las aventuras de los maravillosos gatos alados creados por Ursula K. Le Guin...
Author
Series
Hainish series volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 21 cm
Description
When the Athsheans, the inhabitants of a peaceful world, are conquered by the bloodthirsty Yumens, they retaliate against their captors, abandoning their rules against violence and endangering the very foundations of their society.
18) The unreal and the real: selected stories of Ursula K. Le Guin.Volume 2,Outer space, inner lands
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Consortium
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
333 p.
Description
Presents a selection of many of the author's best known non-realistic stories, including "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semley's Necklace," and "She Unnames Them."
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BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
pc2016.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Earthsea is based on the first three books in the Earthsea Cycle. It tells the stories of Ged and Tenar, inhabitants of a vast archipelago where magic is part of life. Young wizard Ged releases a terrible shadow into the world; meanwhile, Tenar is taken from her home and family to become priestess and guardian of the Tombs of Atuan. The Left Hand of Darkness is set on Gethen, a world in the grip of an Ice Age whose people are both male and female,...
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