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The Word of Unbinding

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published January 1964
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Earthsea › Earthsea Cycle

Synopsis

One wizard has captured and imprisoned another. Is it possible to break free?

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Publications (44)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1964 Fantastic Stories of Imagination, January 1964 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company MAGAZINE 66
October 1970 Strange Fantasy, Fall 1970 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 103
January 1974 The Golden Road Simon & Schuster Anthology 179
November 1974 The Golden Road Gollancz Anthology 179
October 1975 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection 71
1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gollancz Collection 71
March 1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row / SFBC Collection 58
October 1976 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 65
February 1977 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 65
September 1977 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 65
1978 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection 71
May 1978 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume I Panther / Granada Collection 74
1979 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume I Panther / Granada Collection 74
March 1979 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 65
August 1980 Basilisk Ace Books Anthology 163
March 1981 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Bantam Books Collection 65
May 1984 Basilisk Ace Books Anthology 163
October 1986 Sorcerers! Ace Fantasy Books Anthology 57
November 1986 Sorcerers! Ace Fantasy Books Anthology 57
1987 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper & Row Collection
September 1987 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial Library / Harper & Row Collection
November 1989 The Wind's Twelve Quarters VGSF / Gollancz Collection 71
1991 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial Library / Harper & Row Collection 71
April 1991 The Wind's Twelve Quarters HarperPaperbacks Collection 89
January 1998 A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 391
March 1998 A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic Aspect / Warner Books / SFBC Anthology 391
October 2000 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gollancz Collection 71
2004 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
December 2004 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Perennial / HarperCollins Collection
April 2009 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Paw Prints Collection
November 2010 The Way of the Wizard Prime Books Anthology 433
2012 Epic: Legends of Fantasy Tachyon Publications Anthology |85
October 2012 Epic: Legends of Fantasy Tachyon Publications Anthology 85
July 2013 Sorcerers! Baen Books Anthology
August 2015 The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose Gollancz / Orion Omnibus 65
August 2015 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2017 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
February 2017 The Word of Unbinding Harper Perennial Chapbook
February 2017 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection
October 2018 The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition Saga Press Omnibus 925
October 2018 The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition Gollancz Omnibus
October 2018 The Books of Earthsea Gollancz Omnibus |1201
October 2021 The Wind's Twelve Quarters HarperAudio Collection |71
September 2022 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Harper Perennial Collection 71