Ursula K. Le Guin

Chapbook compilation of the title essay, the story, "The Rule of Names," a doublespread Earthsea map, Le Guin's National Book Award acceptance speech, and an interview with Le Guin by Jonathan Ward.

The Birthday of the World: and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, and first published in March, 2002 by HarperCollins. All of the stories except "Paradises Lost" were previously published individually elsewhere. The collection was also published in London by Gollancz, an imprint of …

The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, published in 1976 and based on her 1972 novella which was nominated for a Nebula Award. It is part of Le Guin's Hainish Cycle.