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Book Cover for: The Past Is Red, Catherynne M. Valente

The Past Is Red

Catherynne M. Valente
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The jurors also chose two finalists: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (@SequoiaN) and The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (@catvalente). Congratulations to them, and to all the writers on the shortlist! https://t.co/0pPXdfINXG

Hardcover, 2021

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Book Cover for: The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin
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A new edition of The Lathe of Heaven is out today from @ScribnerBooks — and you can read the introduction by Kelly Link (@haszombiesinit) at @lithub https://t.co/DVKKcCwjmf https://t.co/eAgvxMdgub

Paperback, 2023

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Elder Race, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky is shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Tchaikovsky gives equal weight to the ways two very different people see their distant world, showing that both stories—science and myth—are true, and both necessary for survival. https://t.co/vtw1AYwDc6

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set, Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set

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Nine books have been selected by the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust for the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist. The recipient will be chosen by the 2022 jury: adrienne maree brown, Becky Chambers, Molly Gloss, David Mitchell, and Luis Alberto Urrea. https://t.co/ApNzQ7PMX2

Mixed Media Product, 2017

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Book Cover for: The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories

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Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky is shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Tchaikovsky gives equal weight to the ways two very different people see their distant world, showing that both stories—science and myth—are true, and both necessary for survival. https://t.co/vtw1AYwDc6

Paperback, 2013

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Book Cover for: A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories, Matt Bell

A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories

Matt Bell
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Appleseed by Matt Bell is shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In three braided stories, Bell uses science fiction, myth, and fairytale in an exploration of how humanity moves both with and against the world. #leguinprizeforfiction https://t.co/3C3IVOnrvW

Paperback, 2016

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Book Cover for: A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner, Darcie Little Badger

A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner

Darcie Little Badger
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A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger is shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The lives of a cottonmouth kid and a Lipan girl intersect in this gracefully told tale about home, stories, family, friendship, and the interconnectedness of worlds. https://t.co/aLp3xxV9y1

Paperback, 2024

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Book Cover for: The Word for World Is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Word for World Is Forest

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The Hugo Award-winning novella The Word for World is Forest was originally published in the anthology Again, Dangerous Visions (Doubleday, 1972). The standalone book version (originally published by Berkley in 1976) turns 45 this year. https://t.co/Po0XOpmhqM

Paperback, 2010

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Book Cover for: Booth, Karen Joy Fowler

Booth

Karen Joy Fowler
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Karen Joy Fowler — the award-winning author of Booth, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, and The Jane Austen Book Club — is the most recent guest on @DavidNaimon's Crafting with Ursula podcast. Listen here: https://t.co/KpuBmrrQsX https://t.co/PAyu4w9MYx

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote, Louise Kay Stewart

Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote

Louise Kay Stewart
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In the UK, the omnibus Earthsea: The First Four Books has a new cover by artist @ngadismart - part of the collection Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women, published by Puffin Classics to celebrate International Women's Day. https://t.co/jAezqkyvs5 https://t.co/w5i7xsYNF7

Hardcover, 2018

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