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The Compass Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1982
Publisher Pendragon Press & Underwood-Miller
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
ISBN 0934438609
Cover art Thomas Canty
Pages 290+[2]

Notes


• Jacket states "Dust jacket artwork is copyright © 1982 by Thomas Canty." • Colophon states this was published "in an edition of 550 signed copies, of which 500 are for sale, and 50 are reserved for publishers and contributors, and marked 'Presentation Copy'." • Colophon states "The compass rose designs are by Thomas Canty." • Colophon states "The small compass rose decoration is by Andrea Levin of Pendragon Press." This appears on pp. 5, 49, 103, 128, 176, and 290. • Map p. 272 is labelled in Spanish in Ursula's handwriting.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Single Author Collection Winner
1986 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best International Long Fiction Winner

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Compass Rose Cover 1982 Harper & Row Hardcover Collection Jon Weiman viii+273
The Compass Rose Cover 1982 Harper & Row / SFBC Hardcover Collection 1403 Jon Weiman 246
The Compass Rose Cover 1983 Gollancz Hardcover Collection viii+273
The Compass Rose Cover 1983 Bantam Books Paperback Collection Yvonne Gilbert xii+271
The Compass Rose Cover 1984 Granada Paperback Collection Peter Goodfellow 286
The Compass Rose 1987 Bantam Spectra Paperback Collection 271
The Compass Rose Cover 1988 Grafton / Collins (UK) Paperback Collection Peter Goodfellow 286
The Compass Rose Cover 1991 HarperPaperbacks Paperback Collection Kinuko Craft xi+368
The Compass Rose Cover 2005 Perennial / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Collection xi+368
The Compass Rose Cover 2015 Gateway / Orion eBook Collection