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Changing Planes
Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin Illustrated by Eric Beddows
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9780151009718 Hardcover
0151009716
$25.00
256pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 7-1/2
Copyright Year:
Copyright © 2003 by Ursual K. Le Guin
Territory:
US, C, O
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Synopsis |
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"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable."
--from Changing Planes
The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien.
Winner of the PEN/Malamud for Short Stories
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Ursula K. Le Guin was born in 1929, in Berkeley, California. Winner of the National Book Award and the 2002 PEN/Malamud Award for Short Stories, she is a novelist, poet, and essayist, and she has written more than a hundred short stories. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Awards |
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| Margaret A. Edwards Award • Author Award |
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Science Fiction/General
Fiction- Fantasy/General
Fiction- Short Stories (single author)
Fiction- General
Juvenile Fiction- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
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Second Serial/Reprint/Book Club/Electronic: Harcourt
All other rights: Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.
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Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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