'Her most important book since ALWAYS COMING HOME and her most satisfactory collection since her first, the brilliant, THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. A formidable and rewarding work, a prime candidate for best SF collection of the year. An essential book.' LOCUS Six of the eight piece are set in Le Guin's classic Hainish cycle. The title story, 'The Birthday of the World', stands alone and the final piece, 'Paradises Lost', is a new short novel original to the collection, a major addition to the generation starship subgenre of science fiction.
- ISBN10 0575073799
- ISBN13 9780575073791
- Publish Date 16 January 2003 (first published 20 June 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 April 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English