Record of First Publication


Volume One: Where on Earth


“Introduction,” copyright © 2012 by Ursula K. Le Guin.


“Brothers and Sisters,” copyright © 1976 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The Little Magazine.


“A Week in the Country,” copyright © 1976, 2004 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The Little Magazine.


“Unlocking the Air,” copyright 1990 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Playboy.


“Imaginary Countries,” copyright © 1973, 2001 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The Harvard Advocate.


“The Diary of the Rose,” copyright © 1976, 2004 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Future Power.


“Direction of the Road” copyright © 1974, 2002 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Orbit 14.


“The White Donkey,” copyright © 1980 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in TriQuarterly.


“Gwilan’s Harp,” copyright © 1977, 2005 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Redbook.


“May’s Lion,” copyright © 1983 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Fellowship of the Stars.


“Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight,” copyright © 1987 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

“Horse Camp,” copyright © 1986 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The New Yorker.


“The Water is Wide,” copyright © 1976, 2004,by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared as a chapbook from Pendragon Press.


“The Lost Children,” copyright © 1996 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Thirteenth Moon.


“Texts,” copyright © 1990 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in American Short Fiction as part of the PEN Syndication Fiction Project.


“Sleepwalkers,” copyright © 1991 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Mississippi Mud.


“Hand, Cup, Shell,” copyright © 1989 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The New Yorker.


“Ether OR,” copyright © 1995 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Asimov’s.


“Half Past Four,” copyright © 1987 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in The New Yorker.