Changing Planes [Signed by Le Guin]

Ursula K. Le Guin; Eric Beddows [illus.]

ISBN 10: 0151009716 / ISBN 13: 9780151009718

Published by Harcourt, Inc, Orlando, 2003

About this Item

Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. First Edition stated. Black and white illustrations by Eric Beddows throughout. Octavo (19.5cm). Pictorial dust jacket with price clipped. Light green endpapers. Publisher's paper over boards. 246 pp. Dust jacket has some rubbing to edges; light creasing near upper corners. No tears, no chips. "Autographed" sticker on front DJ panel. Boards clean and bright. Corners bumped. Binding sound. Pages unmarked. Overall, book is in very good condition with like jacket. Signed without inscription on title page.

Seller Inventory # 46861

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Planes [Signed by Le Guin]
• Publisher: Harcourt, Inc, Orlando
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151009716
• ISBN 13: 9780151009718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction / Fantasy
  • First Editions
  • Signed

About this title

Synopsis

"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable."
--from Changing Planes

The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes--not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien.


Winner of the PEN/Malamud for Short Stories

About the Author

Ursula K. Le Guin was born in 1929, in Berkeley, California. Winner of the National Book Award and the 2002 PEN/Malamud Award for Short Stories, she is a novelist, poet, and essayist, and she has written more than a hundred short stories. She lives in Portland, Oregon.