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The Compass Rose

1982 short story collection by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Compass Rose

Summary

The Compass Rose is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Compass Rose authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3].
  • The Compass Rose received the Locus Award for Best Collection[4].
  • The Compass Rose's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Compass Rose's illustrator is recorded as Thomas Canty[6].
  • The Compass Rose was published by Pendragon Press[7].
  • The Compass Rose's genre is fantasy[8].
  • The Compass Rose's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Compass Rose's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics[11].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The New Atlantis[12].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Schrödinger's Cat[13].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Two Delays on the Northern Line[14].
  • The Compass Rose comprises SQ[15].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Small Change[16].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The First Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb[17].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Diary of the Rose[18].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The White Donkey[19].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Phoenix[20].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Intracom[21].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Eye Altering[22].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Mazes[23].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Pathways of Desire[24].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Gwilan's Harp[25].
  • The Compass Rose comprises Malheur County[26].
  • The Compass Rose comprises The Water Is Wide[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Compass Rose authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3]. It was published by Pendragon Press[7].

Publication

The Compass Rose was released on 1982[28]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is fantasy[8].

Reception

The Compass Rose received the Locus Award for Best Collection[4].

Why It Matters

The Compass Rose ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Compass Rose receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Collection[4].

Related Entities

literary work United States Ursula K. Le Guin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics, The New Atlantis, Schrödinger's Cat +17
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    Publication date → +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United States
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