The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

2002 • 362 pages

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Eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity.
Here are stories that explore complex social interactions and troublesome issues of gender and sex; that define and defy notions of personal relationships and of society itself; that examine loyalty, survival, and introversion; that bring to light the vicissitudes of slavery and the meaning of transformation, religion, and history.


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9 primary books20 released books

#9 in Hainish Cycle

Hainish Cycle is a 20-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 1966 with contributions by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Rocannon's World
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Planet of Exile
#3
City of Illusions
#4
The Left Hand of Darkness

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Some very good short stories in here, as always. Her upbrings always shows up

March 30, 2023