The Wind's Twelve Quarters

By Ursula K. Le Guin

Subjects: English Shortstories, Ps3562.e42 w56 2004, Fiction, science fiction, collections & anthologies, English Short stories, 813/.54, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Short stories, Science fiction, american

Description: This is a collection containing, among other stories, the short story that started the Earthsea series." Along with "The Rule of Names," the story establishes the world and characters of Earthsea. First published in 1964 in an issue of Fantastic, the story can be found in a handful of anthologies but can be hard to lay hands on.