The unreal and the real : the selected short stories of Ursula K. Le Guin.
(Book)

Originally published in two volumes,The unreal and the real: selected stories, volume 1 where on Earth and The unreal and the real: selected stories, volume 2 outer space, inner lands. Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2012].

A collection of short stories selected by the author combined here in one volume for the first time. Part I: Where on Earth focuses on Le Guin's interest in realism and magic realism and includes eighteen of Le Guin's satirical, political, and experimental earthbound stories. Highlights include World Fantasy and Hugo Award winner " Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," the rarely reprinted satirical short "The Lost Children," Jupiter Award winner "The Diary of the Rose," and the title story of her Pulitzer Prize finalist collection "Unlocking the Air." Part II. Outer Space, Inner lands presents twenty-one of the author's best known non realistic off-Earth stories, including "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semley's Necklace," and "She Unnames Them." Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards.