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The Diary of the Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published April 1976
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Orsinia

Notes

In the introduction to Where on Earth, Le Guin states 'I don't think "The Diary of the Rose" takes place in Orsinia, it seems more like South America to me, but the protagonist has an Orsinian name.'

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1977 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1977 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Runner-up
1977 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (27)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1976 Future Power Random House Anthology 3
July 1976 Future Power Random House / SFBC Anthology 1
1977 Psy Fi One: An Anthology of Psychology in Science fiction Random House Anthology 232
July 1977 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection E. P. Dutton Anthology 3
June 1978 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection Ace Books Anthology 3
June 1982 The Compass Rose Pendragon Press & Underwood-Miller Collection 111
July 1982 The Compass Rose Harper & Row Collection 99
October 1982 The Compass Rose Harper & Row / SFBC Collection
March 1983 The Compass Rose Gollancz Collection 99
July 1983 The Compass Rose Bantam Books Collection 97
1984 The Compass Rose Granada Collection 107
November 1987 The Compass Rose Bantam Spectra Collection 97
1988 The Compass Rose Grafton / Collins (UK) Collection 107
June 1991 The Compass Rose HarperPaperbacks Collection 129
March 2005 The Compass Rose Perennial / HarperCollins Collection
November 2012 Where on Earth Small Beer Press Collection 83
November 2012 Where on Earth Small Beer Press Collection
January 2014 Where on Earth Recorded Books Collection |83
May 2014 Where on Earth Gollancz Collection 83
October 2014 Where on Earth Gollancz Collection 83
August 2015 The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose Gollancz / Orion Omnibus 389
August 2015 The Compass Rose Gateway / Orion Collection
October 2016 The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Omnibus 99
October 2016 The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Omnibus
November 2016 The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Omnibus
November 2017 The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Omnibus
November 2017 The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Omnibus