''Unlocking the Air and Other Stories'' is a 1996 collection of
short stories by
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
. Like ''Searoad'' and ''
Orsinian Tales
''Orsinian Tales'' is a collection of eleven short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, most of them set in the imaginary country of Orsinia.
Themes
The stories share few links except those derived from the use of a common geographical s ...
'', most of the included stories are neither science fiction nor fantasy. It was a finalist for the 1997
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during ...
.
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
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External links
Short story collections by Ursula K. Le Guin
1996 short story collections
HarperCollins books
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