Order of Ursula K. Le Guin Books
Ursula K. Le Guin is an American author of science fiction, fantasy and children’s books, as well as a poet. Her trademarks involving imagining new worlds with unique politics, environments, genders, religions, sexualities and cultures. Ursula is best known for her Hainish and Earthsea series. Her influences include Philip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling and Norse mythology. She has influenced authors like Neil Gaiman, Iain Banks and Christopher Paolini.
Ursula became a published author in 1959 with the poem Folksong from the Montayna Province. Her first novel was the beginning of her Hainish Cycle, Rocannon’s World – quickly followed by Planet of Exile. Both novels were published in 1966. Below is a list of Ursula K. Le Guin’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Adventures In Kroy Books
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The Adventure of Cobbler’s Rune |
(1982) |
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Solomon Leviathan’s Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World |
(1983) |
Publication Order of Annals Of The Western Shore Books
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Gifts |
(2004) |
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Voices |
(2006) |
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Powers |
(2007) |
Publication Order of Catwings Collections
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Tales of the Catwings |
(1996) |
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More Tales of the Catwings |
(2000) |
Publication Order of Catwings Books
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Catwings |
(1988) |
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Catwings Return |
(1989) |
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Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings |
(1994) |
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Jane on Her Own |
(1999) |
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Cat Dreams |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Earthsea Collections
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Tales from Earthsea |
(2001) |
Publication Order of Earthsea Cycle Books
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A Wizard of Earthsea |
(1968) |
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The Tombs of Atuan |
(1970) |
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The Farthest Shore |
(1972) |
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Tehanu |
(1990) |
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The Other Wind |
(2001) |
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The Daughter of Odren |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Earthsea Non-Fiction Books
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Earthsea Revisioned |
(1993) |
Publication Order of Earthsea Short Stories/Novellas
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Dragonfly |
(2001) |
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The Finder |
(2001) |
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The Bones of the Earth |
(2001) |
Publication Order of Hainish Cycle Books
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Rocannon’s World |
(1966) |
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Planet of Exile |
(1966) |
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City of Illusions |
(1967) |
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The Left Hand of Darkness |
(1969) |
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The Word for World is Forest |
(1972) |
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The Dispossessed |
(1974) |
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Four Ways to Forgiveness |
(1994) |
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The Telling |
(2000) |
Publication Order of Legends Books
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Legends |
(1998) |
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Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King |
(1998) |
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Legends 3 |
(1999) |
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Publication Order of Orsinia Books
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Orsinian Tales |
(1976) |
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Malafrena |
(1979) |
Publication Order of Outspoken Authors Books
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The Human Front |
(2001) |
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The Left Left Behind |
(2009) |
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Lucky Strike |
(2009) |
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The Underbelly |
(2010) |
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Mammoths of the Great Plains |
(2010) |
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The Wild Girls |
(2011) |
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Modem Times 2.0 |
(2011) |
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The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow |
(2011) |
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Report from Planet Midnight |
(2012) |
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The Science of Herself |
(2013) |
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Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials |
(2013) |
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New Taboos |
(2013) |
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Raising Hell |
(2014) |
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My Life, My Body |
(2015) |
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Gypsy |
(2015) |
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Miracles Ain’t What They Used to Be |
(2016) |
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Fire. |
(2017) |
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Totalitopia |
(2017) |
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The Atheist in the Attic |
(2018) |
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Thoreau’s Microscope |
(2018) |
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The Beatrix Gates |
(2019) |
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A City Made of Words |
(2019) |
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Publication Order of Metis Seçkileri Books
(with Eduardo Galeano)
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We Say No |
(1989) |
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We Say No: Chronicles 1963-1991 |
(1989) |
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Exiled from Almost Everywhere |
(1993) |
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Publication Order of The Last Interview Books
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Learning to Live Finally |
(2005) |
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Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations |
(2009) |
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Kurt Vonnegut |
(2011) |
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Jorge Luis Borges |
(2012) |
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Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations |
(2013) |
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James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations |
(2014) |
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Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview |
(2014) |
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Gabriel García Márquez |
(2015) |
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Lou Reed |
(2015) |
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Ernest Hemingway |
(2015) |
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Nora Ephron: The Last Interview |
(2015) |
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Philip K. Dick |
(2015) |
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J. D. Salinger |
(2016) |
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Oliver Sacks |
(2016) |
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Jane Jacobs |
(2016) |
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David Bowie |
(2016) |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2017) |
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Christopher Hitchens |
(2017) |
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Hunter S. Thompson |
(2018) |
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Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2018) |
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Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations |
(2018) |
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Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations |
(2019) |
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Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2019) |
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Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2019) |
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Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2020) |
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Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2020) |
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Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2021) |
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Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2021) |
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Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2021) |
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John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations |
(2021) |
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Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations |
(2022) |
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Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2022) |
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bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2023) |
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Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations |
(2023) |
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Publication Order of Unreal and The Real Books
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The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 1: Where on Earth |
(2012) |
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The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Wind’s Twelve Quarters Short Stories/Novellas
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April in Paris |
(1962) |
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The Masters |
(1963) |
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The Word of Unbinding |
(1964) |
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Things |
(1970) |
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The Good Trip |
(1970) |
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A Trip to the Head |
(1970) |
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The Stars Below |
(1974) |
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Direction of the Road |
(2017) |
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Darkness Box |
(2017) |
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The Day Before the Revolution |
(2017) |
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Semley’s Necklace |
(2017) |
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The Rule of Names |
(2017) |
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Winter’s King |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Lathe of Heaven |
(1971) |
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Very Far Away from Anywhere Else / A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else |
(1976) |
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The Eye of the Heron |
(1978) |
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The Beginning Place / Threshold |
(1980) |
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Always Coming Home |
(1985) |
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Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand |
(1991) |
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Changing Planes |
(2003) |
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Lavinia |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Nine Lives |
(1968) |
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas |
(1973) |
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The Field of Vision |
(1973) |
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The Water is Wide |
(1976) |
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Leese Webster |
(1979) |
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Gwilan’s Harp |
(1981) |
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Solomon Leviathan’s 931st Trip Around the World |
(1983) |
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The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-Na |
(1984) |
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Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight |
(1987) |
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Unchosen Love (Amazing Stories #591) |
(1994) |
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The Matter of Seggri (in Crank!) |
(1994) |
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Forgiveness Day |
(1994) |
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Solitude (in F&SF) |
(1994) |
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A Man of the People (in Asimov’s) |
(1995) |
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A Woman’s Liberation (in Asimov’s) |
(1995) |
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Ether OR |
(1995) |
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Mountain Ways (in Asimov’s) |
(1996) |
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The Wild Girls |
(2011) |
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Dangerous People |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Volume 1 |
(1975) |
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Wild Angels |
(1975) |
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The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Volume 2 |
(1978) |
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Hard Words and Other Poems |
(1981) |
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The Compass Rose |
(1982) |
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In the Red Zone |
(1983) |
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Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences |
(1987) |
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Wild Oats and Fireweed |
(1988) |
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Blue Moon Over Thurman Street |
(1994) |
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A Fisherman of the Inland Sea |
(1994) |
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Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems |
(1994) |
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Unlocking the Air and Other Stories |
(1996) |
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Sixty Odd |
(1999) |
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The Birthday of the World and Other Stories |
(2002) |
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Science Fiction Stories |
(2002) |
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Incredible Good Fortune |
(2006) |
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Walking in Cornwall |
(2008) |
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Finding My Elegy |
(2012) |
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Late in the Day: Poems, 2010-2014 |
(2015) |
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The Found and the Lost |
(2016) |
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Five Ways to Forgiveness |
(2017) |
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So Far, So Good |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Picture Books
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A Visit from Dr. Katz |
(1988) |
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Fire and Stone |
(1989) |
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Fish Soup |
(1992) |
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A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back |
(1992) |
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Tom Mouse |
(1998) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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From Elfland to Poughkeepsie |
(1973) |
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Dreams Must Explain Themselves |
(1975) |
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The Language of the Night |
(1979) |
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Way of the Water’s Going |
(1989) |
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The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed |
(2005) |
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching |
(2009) |
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Cheek by Jowl |
(2009) |
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Coyote’s Song: The Teaching Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin |
(2009) |
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Words Are My Matter |
(2016) |
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No Time to Spare |
(2017) |
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing |
(2018) |
Publication Order of About Writing Non-Fiction Books
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Dancing at the Edge of the World |
(1989) |
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Steering the Craft |
(1998) |
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The Wave in the Mind |
(2004) |
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Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin |
(2008) |
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Publication Order of Graphic Novels
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Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel |
(2025) |
Publication Order of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 |
(1972) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 |
(1973) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 |
(1974) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 |
(1975) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 |
(1976) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 |
(1977) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 |
(1978) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 |
(1979) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 |
(1980) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 |
(1981) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 |
(1982) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 |
(1983) |
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Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 |
(1984) |
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Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 |
(1984) |
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Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 |
(1986) |
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Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 |
(1987) |
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Publication Order of Year’s Best Fantasy Books
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Year’s Best Fantasy |
(2001) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 2 |
(2002) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 3 |
(2003) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 4 |
(2004) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 5 |
(2005) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 6 |
(2006) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 7 |
(2007) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 8 |
(2008) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy 9 |
(2009) |
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov’s Anthology Books
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Isaac Asimov’s Worlds of Science Fiction |
(1980) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Near Futures and Far |
(1981) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own |
(1983) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! |
(1985) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! |
(1989) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Aliens |
(1991) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Robots |
(1991) |
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Isaac Asimov’s SF-Lite |
(1993) |
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Isaac Asimov’s War |
(1993) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams |
(1994) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep |
(1995) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts |
(1995) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Christmas |
(1997) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Camelot |
(1998) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Detectives |
(1998) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Werewolves |
(1999) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Solar System |
(1999) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Utopias |
(2000) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Father Day |
(2001) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Halloween |
(2001) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Orbit 6 |
(1970) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 |
(1970) |
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Fathers and Mothers |
(1973) |
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Orbit 12 |
(1973) |
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Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader |
(1973) |
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Galaxy Science Fiction – October 1973 |
(1973) |
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Stopwatch |
(1974) |
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Wondermakers 2 |
(1974) |
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Fantastic Stories Special – 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual |
(1975) |
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Nebula Award Stories 11 |
(1976) |
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Nebula Award Stories Ten |
(1976) |
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Beyond Tomorrow |
(1976) |
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection |
(1977) |
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The Altered I |
(1978) |
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The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories |
(1978) |
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Edges |
(1980) |
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The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction |
(1980) |
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Interfaces |
(1980) |
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What If? Volume 3 |
(1982) |
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Over the Rainbow |
(1983) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 |
(1983) |
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Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own |
(1983) |
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Changes | Stories of Metamorphosis |
(1983) |
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Great Fantasy |
(1983) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection |
(1985) |
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The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction |
(1985) |
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Terry’s Universe: Science fiction’s finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr |
(1987) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection |
(1988) |
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First Annual Collection |
(1988) |
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Science Fiction Stories |
(1988) |
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Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 |
(1988) |
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The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats |
(1988) |
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Through Other Eyes |
(1988) |
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Flights of Fancy |
(1993) |
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Omni Best Science Fiction Three |
(1993) |
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The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales |
(1993) |
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First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers |
(1994) |
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Crank! Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1994 |
(1994) |
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Seventh Annual Collection |
(1994) |
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Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1994 |
(1994) |
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Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 1995 |
(1995) |
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The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women |
(1995) |
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Year’s Best SF |
(1996) |
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The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology |
(1996) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection |
(1996) |
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Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 1996 |
(1996) |
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Women Who Run with the Werewolves |
(1996) |
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Modern Classics of Fantasy |
(1997) |
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Wild Women |
(1997) |
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More Amazing Stories |
(1998) |
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |
(1998) |
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Far Horizons |
(1999) |
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The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology |
(1999) |
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Explorers |
(2000) |
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Meditations on Middle-Earth |
(2001) |
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Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape |
(2001) |
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The Writer’s Guide to Fantasy Literature |
(2002) |
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Fifteenth Annual Collection |
(2002) |
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 104 Number 2, February 2003 |
(2003) |
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Year’s Best SF 8 |
(2003) |
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Raising Our Voices: An Anthology of Oregon Poets Against the War |
(2003) |
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New Magics |
(2004) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection |
(2004) |
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In Lands That Never Were |
(2004) |
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12 Short Stories and Their Making: An Anthology with Interviews |
(2005) |
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The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels |
(2005) |
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Galileo’s Children |
(2005) |
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The Wand in the Word |
(2006) |
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The Space Opera Renaissance |
(2006) |
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The Best of the Best, Vol 2 |
(2007) |
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The 2007 Rhysling Anthology |
(2007) |
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The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 |
(2007) |
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Gay City: Volume 2 |
(2009) |
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The Secret History of Science Fiction |
(2009) |
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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction |
(2010) |
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Dragon Lords and Warrior Women |
(2010) |
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Like Water for Quarks |
(2011) |
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Lightspeed: Year One |
(2011) |
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The Moment of Change |
(2012) |
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Diverse Energies |
(2012) |
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Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology |
(2013) |
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Aliens: Recent Encounters |
(2013) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 |
(2013) |
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The Time Traveler’s Almanac |
(2013) |
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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 90, March 2014 |
(2014) |
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The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women |
(2014) |
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The World Split Open |
(2014) |
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Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions |
(2015) |
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Sisters of the Revolution |
(2015) |
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Women of Futures Past |
(2016) |
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The Paris Review, Summer 2018 |
(2018) |
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PEN America Issue 21: Mythologies |
(2018) |
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The Future is Female! |
(2018) |
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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen |
(2019) |
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition |
(2019) |
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Think in Public |
(2019) |
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Gobshite Quarterly 2023, #41/42: 20th. anniversary issue |
(2023) |
Notes: Very Far Away from Anywhere Else was also published as A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else. The Beginning Place is also titled Threshold. The Visionary, Wonders Hidden was co-authored with Scott Russell Sanders. Dragon Lords and Warrior Women was co-authored with Katharine Kerr, Vonda N. McIntyre and Sherwood Smith. The World Split Open also includes contributions by Edward P. Jones, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson and Wallace Stegner.