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A review by xtie
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
What a lovely introduction to Le Guin - thank u to claudi for suggesting we read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
Not all the stories are perfect, maybe none are, but they are so wonderfully crafted - it’s not fair to think of them as sci-fi / fantasy stories as they are so much more incisive - exactly why people love her writing!
The introductions to the stories are the best - maybe not everyone’s cup of tea but I loved reading them twice, once before and once after, just to hold the stories one more time. My favourites were April in Paris, The Masters, The Word of Unbinding, Things, Vaster than Empires and More Slow, Direction of the Road and Omelas !
Not all the stories are perfect, maybe none are, but they are so wonderfully crafted - it’s not fair to think of them as sci-fi / fantasy stories as they are so much more incisive - exactly why people love her writing!
The introductions to the stories are the best - maybe not everyone’s cup of tea but I loved reading them twice, once before and once after, just to hold the stories one more time. My favourites were April in Paris, The Masters, The Word of Unbinding, Things, Vaster than Empires and More Slow, Direction of the Road and Omelas !