The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories Free Audiobook Download by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin's short stories are all about the power of the individual to change the world. Her first collection, The Wind's Twelve Quarters, takes on a variety of topics, from classic fairy tales to modern day politics.
"The Wind's Twelve Quarters" is a collection of short stories by the great science fiction writer, Ursula K. Le Guin. "The Wind's Twelve Quarters" contains 12 stories covering multiple genres and themes, but all written in Le Guin's familiar style and imbued with her feminist perspective. This audiobook download is narrated by 3 different people that make for an interesting listen to their take on what makes for a great story.
Ursula K. Le Guin, who died in 2018 at 88, was one of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy literature of her generation. Her most well-known work is The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) which explores an alien society (The Winter) with a genderless species that has male-female social roles yet they are not sexually differentiated as such. In 2003, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in recognition of "wide-ranging contributions to contemporary fiction."
Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the best-known and most influential science fiction writers in America. Her many awards include the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 award, but she has also been an advocate for marginalized people and a champion of feminist literature. As a result, her work has had an effect on generations of readers across the globe.
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin is a science fiction audiobook narrated by ['Grover Gardner', 'Amy Landon', 'Will M. Watt']. This was a fantastic sci-fi audiobook that tells the story of a group of people who are on an alien planet where they find a wormhole. When they go through the wormhole, they discover that their destination is Earth and it's been hundreds of years since humans have been there.
ursula k. le guin is a prolific author who has written over forty books and novellas. many of her stories have been adapted into films, such as "The Wizard of Earthsea" (inspired by the first book in the Earthsea series), "A Wizard of Earthsea" (based on the second book), "The Tombs of Atuan" (the third book) and more recently, "Annihilation" (a new novel). this audiobook download features eight different narrators including grover gardner, amy landon and will m. watt.
Published Date | 2021-10-26 |
Duration | 11 hours 10 minutes |
Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
Narrated | Grover Gardner, Amy Landon, Will M. Watt |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Fiction & Literature |
Parent Category | Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction |