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The Wind's Twelve Quarters

short stories collection by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Summary

The Wind's Twelve Quarters is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters received the Locus Award for Best Collection[4].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters's genre is science fiction[6].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters's place of publication is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters's language of work or name is recorded as American English[8].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Dowry of Angyar[10].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises April in Paris[11].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Masters[12].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Darkness Box[13].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Word of Unbinding[14].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Rule of Names[15].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Winter's King[16].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Good Trip[17].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Nine Lives[18].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Things[19].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises A Trip to the Head[20].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Vaster Than Empires and More Slow[21].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Stars Below[22].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Field of Vision[23].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises Direction of the Road[24].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas[25].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters comprises The Day Before the Revolution[26].
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters was released on 1975[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0c12f5f1-6432-4429-8dec-9663db4e39c9[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Wind's Twelve Quarters authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3].

Publication

The Wind's Twelve Quarters was released on 1975[27]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[8]. Its genre is science fiction[6].

Reception

The Wind's Twelve Quarters received the Locus Award for Best Collection[4].

Why It Matters

The Wind's Twelve Quarters ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

FAQs

What awards did The Wind's Twelve Quarters 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. [4] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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