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Unlocking the Air and Other Stories is a 1996 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. Like Searoad and Orsinian Tales, most of the included stories are neither science fiction nor fantasy. It was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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

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Bibliography

• BOOK, Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults, Cadden, Mike, Routledge, New York, NY, 1st, 2005, 0-415-99527-2,

External links

WEB,weblink Ursula K. Le Guin - Summary Bibliography, {{Ursula K. Le Guin}}{{1990s-sf-story-collection-stub}}