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The Wind's Twelve Quarters

The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Cover of the first edition
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
Cover artistPatricia Voehl
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Published1975 (Harper & Row)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages303
ISBN0-06-012562-4
OCLC1366086
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.L518 Wi PS3562.E42

The Wind's Twelve Quarters is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, named after a line from A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad,[1] and first published by Harper & Row in 1975.[2][3] A retrospective of Le Guin's short stories, it collects 17 previously published pieces of speculative fiction. Four of these were the germs of novels she was to write later, and a few others shared connections to Le Guin novels.[4] At least four stories are set in the Hainish Universe, and two others in Earthsea. Many stories share themes and motifs, including time and utopia: certain images and characters also recur, including isolated scholars or explorers seeking knowledge in a hostile world.[5]

The Wind's Twelve Quarters won the Locus Award for best single author collection in 1976. Several stories had won awards upon initial publication. The collection was critically well-received. Several contemporary reviewers wrote that it showcased Le Guin's development as an author, and highlighted Le Guin's introduction to each story as giving insight into her writing. Scholar Suzanne Reid wrote in 1997 that the stories showcased Le Guin's "wide range of talents and ethical concerns" and praising her comfort with widely varied settings.[6] Publishers Weekly described it as "First-rate Le Guin",[7] while the Sydney Morning Herald praised Le Guin's "startlingly original approach to the genre" in the collection.[8]

  1. ^ Le Guin 2004, p. v.
  2. ^ Le Guin 2004, p. iv.
  3. ^ Nicholls & Clute 2019.
  4. ^ Bucknall 1981, p. 133.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wood 1975 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Reid 1997, p. 68.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference PW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Noonan, William (March 12, 1977). "Science Fiction". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

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