TUESDAY, June 20th: JUNE SHORTS ~ Ursula Le Guin

Ursula K Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".

Tonight: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.

Caledonia Skytower in Voice at The Firecircle.

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ALSO: Today at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live at The Glen