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The Day Before the Revolution

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published August 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Hainish

Synopsis

Odo has spent her adult life as a revolutionary. 6 months ago, she had a stroke, and while that makes everything complicated, she should still be able to take a walk through the city alone. Meanwhile her friends are reacting to news of revolution elsewhere.

Notes

A prequel of the novel The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1975 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1975 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner
1975 Nebula Award Short Story Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (56)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1974 Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1974 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 17
August 1974 Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, August 1974 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 17
1975 The Best from Galaxy, Volume III Award Books Anthology 9
October 1975 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection 285
November 1975 Nebula Award Stories 10 Gollancz Anthology
December 1975 Nebula Award Stories Ten Harper & Row Anthology 129
1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gollancz Collection 285
March 1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row / SFBC Collection 232
August 1976 More Women of Wonder Vintage Books Anthology 279
October 1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 260
December 1976 Nebula Award Stories Ten Berkley Medallion Anthology 123
February 1977 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 260
June 1977 Nebula Award Stories 10 Corgi Anthology 129
September 1977 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 260
1978 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection 285
May 1978 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II Panther / Granada Collection 121
March 1979 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 260
June 1979 More Women of Wonder Penguin Books Anthology 249
1980 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II Granada Collection 121
March 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press Anthology 340
May 1980 Galaxy: The Best of My Years Ace Books Anthology 26
July 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press / SFBC Anthology 350
March 1981 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 261
April 1981 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Wideview Books Anthology 340
November 1981 Galaxy: Volume 2 Playboy Paperbacks Anthology 116
September 1983 Space Odyssey Octopus Books Anthology 156
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon Anthology 421
1987 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection
1987 Space Odyssey Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 156
September 1987 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial Library / Harper & Row Collection
December 1987 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon / SFBC Anthology 448
February 1988 Space Odyssey Treasure Press Anthology 156
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 391
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 391
November 1989 The Wind's Twelve Quarters VGSF / Gollancz Collection 285
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 371
1991 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial Library / Harper & Row Collection 285
April 1991 The Wind's Twelve Quarters HarperPaperbacks Collection 359
August 1995 Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s Harvest / Harcourt Brace Anthology 344
October 2000 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gollancz Collection 285
2004 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 56
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology 63
December 2004 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial / HarperCollins Collection
July 2005 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology
April 2009 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Paw Prints Collection
August 2015 The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose Gollancz / Orion Omnibus 263
August 2015 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2017 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
February 2017 The Day Before the Revolution Harper Perennial Chapbook
February 2017 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
September 2017 Hainish Novels & Stories, Volume One The Library of America Omnibus 975
September 2017 The Hainish Novels & Stories The Library of America Omnibus 975|10
October 2021 The Wind's Twelve Quarters HarperAudio Collection |285
September 2022 The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s The Library of America Anthology 218
September 2022 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection 287