Unlocking the Air and Other Stories explained
| Unlocking the Air and Other Stories |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins (hardback) |
| Pub Date: | December 6, 1996 |
| Media Type: | book |
| Pages: | 224 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-06-092803-4 |
| Oclc: | 33043324 |
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories is a 1996 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. Like Searoad and Orsinian Tales, most of the included stories are neither science fiction nor fantasy. It was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Contents
- "Half Past Four" (1987, The New Yorker)
- "The Professor's Houses" (1982, The New Yorker)
- "Ruby on the 67"
- "Limberlost" (1989, Michigan Quarterly Review)
- "The Creatures on My Mind" (1990, Harper's)
- "Standing Ground" (1992, Ms.)
- "The Spoons in the Basement" (1982, The New Yorker)
- "Sunday in Summer in Seatown" (1995, Thirteenth Moon)
- "In the Drought" (1993, Xanadu II)
- "Ether, OR" (1995, Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Unlocking the Air" (1990, Playboy)
- "A Child Bride" (1987, Terry's Universe, as "Kore 87")
- "Climbing to the Moon" (1992, American Short Fiction)
- "Daddy's Big Girl" (1987, Omni)
- "Findings" (1992, Ox Head Press chapbook)
- "Olders" (1995, Omni)
- "The Wise Woman" (1995, The Sound of Writing (broadcast))
- "The Poacher" (1992, Xanadu)
References
- Notes
Bibliography
- Book: Cadden, Mike. Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults. Routledge. New York, NY . 1st . 2005 . 0-415-99527-2.
External links
Web site: Ursula K. Le Guin - Summary Bibliography.
