The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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Overview:

Title: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Year: 1973
Type: Short Fiction
Series: Omelas

Variant Titles:

Awards:

0000. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Win)
0000. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Locus Online, 20th Century Short Story (Nomination)
0000. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Locus Poll Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
0000. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ballantine Books, ISBN-10: 0345240634, $1.50, xi+368 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. New Dimensions III (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Signet / New American Library, ISBN-10: 0451058054, $0.95, vii+183 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of New Dimensions (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pocket Books, ISBN-10: 0671829769, $2.50, xiv+333 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robinson, ISBN-10: 0948164719, £4.95, 431 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Fantasy Hall of Fame (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Arbor House, ISBN-10: 0877955212, $16.95, 431 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060125624, viii+303 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barnes & Noble Books, ISBN-10: 0760710023, $9.98, xii+543 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Clarkson N. Potter, ISBN-10: 0517537524, $14.95, xvi+473 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 055302907X, $1.75, 278 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 0553201328, $2.25, viii+278 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060125624, $8.95, [viii]+303 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Perennial Library / Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060914343, $6.95, 303 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, VGSF / Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575046074, £3.99, xiv+303 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, HarperPaperbacks, ISBN-10: 0061001627, $4.50, 383 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575071397, £9.99, xiv+303 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Perennial / HarperCollins, ISBN-10: 0060914343, $13.95, 303 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row / SFBC, $2.49, 246 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Hugo Winners: Volume 3, Book 2 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449240452, $1.95, 352 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Perennial Library / Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060914343, $10.00, 303 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Clarkson N. Potter, ISBN-10: 0517536358, $8.95, xvi+473 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. New Dimensions 3 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, $1.49, vii+212 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Hugo Winners, Volume Three (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doubleday / SFBC, $4.50, xvi+603 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 044100864X, $24.95, x+422 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ballantine Books, ISBN-10: 034525015X, $1.95, xi+368 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 055302907X, $1.75, 277+[1] pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace Books / SFBC, $12.50, x+422 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Panther / Granada, ISBN-10: 0586046232, £0.75, 138 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Treasures of Fantasy (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, HarperPrism, ISBN-10: 0061053279, $14.00, x+401 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441011330, $14.00, x+422 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Hugo Winners, Volume Three (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doubleday / SFBC, $5.98, xvi+603 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part Three: 1974-1975 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dennis Dobson, ISBN-10: 0234720883, 209 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Fantasy Hall of Fame (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Arbor House, ISBN-10: 0877955212, $16.95, 431 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 055302907X, $1.75, [8]+277 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Great Fantasy (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, W. H. Smith, ISBN-10: 1845291069, £4.99, 431 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robinson, ISBN-10: 0948164719, £4.99, 431 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Granada, ISBN-10: 0586046232, £0.95, 138 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Treasures of Fantasy (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, HarperPrism, ISBN-10: 0061056308, $6.50, x+559 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, NewStar Publishing, ISBN-10: 0787116807, audio cassette, Anthology)
Unknown. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 044100864X, $24.95, x+422 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441011330, $16.00, x+422 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Newmarket Press, ISBN-10: 1557042144, $16.00, viii+343 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. New Dimensions III (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Signet, C$0.95, vii+183 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Outer Space, Inner Lands (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Small Beer Press, ISBN-10: 9781618730350, $24.00, iv+333+[6] pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Backpack Literature (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Longman, ISBN-10: 9780205727582, 1210 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ballantine Books, ISBN-10: 0345240634, C$1.50, xi+368 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of New Dimensions (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pocket Books, ISBN-10: 0671829769, C$2.75, xiv+333 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 0553235419, $2.95, 277 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bantam Books, ISBN-10: 0553128426, $1.75, [8]+278+[1] pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Saga Press, ISBN-10: 9781481475969, $29.99, 715+[6] pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
Unknown. The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Saga Press, ISBN-10: 9781481475983, $7.99, pages, ebook, Omnibus)
Unknown. The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Saga Press, ISBN-10: 9781481475976, $19.99, 715 pages, Trade Paperback, Omnibus)
Unknown. 30/30: Thirty American Stories from the Last Thirty Years (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pearson Longman, ISBN-10: 0321338987, xi+306 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060914343, $10.00, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Fictions: Second Edition (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN-10: 0155273264, xi+1230 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial, ISBN-10: 0060914343, $15.99, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Outer Space, Inner Lands (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz / Orion, ISBN-10: 9781473202863, £9.99, x+333 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Outer Space, Inner Lands (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz / Orion, ISBN-10: 9781473202863, £9.99, x+333 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz / Orion, ISBN-10: 9781473205765, £9.99, xx+561 pages, Trade Paperback, Omnibus)
Unknown. Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barnes & Noble Books, ISBN-10: 0760734534, $14.95, xii+543 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Contemporary American Short Story (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Longman / Pearson, ISBN-10: 0321117271, xxx+642 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Secret History of Science Fiction (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tachyon Publications, ISBN-10: 9781892391933, $16.95, 381 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575020709, £3.75, [viii]+303 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
1977 . The Hugo Winners, Volume Three (1977, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doubleday, ISBN-10: 0385122187, $12.50, xvi+603 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
1992 . The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1992, Ursula K. Le Guin, Creative Education, ISBN-10: 0886825016, 32 pages, Hardcover, Chapter Book)
1999 . Treasures of Fantasy (1999, Ursula K. Le Guin, HarperPrism, ISBN-10: 0061056308, $6.99, x+559 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
1999 . The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century (1999, Ursula K. Le Guin, Phoenix Audio, $11.95, digital audio download, Anthology)
2007 . American Short Stories (2007, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pearson Longman, ISBN-10: 0321484894, , 768 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2009 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2009, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paw Prints, ISBN-10: 9781439562369, $22.95, pages, Hardcover, Collection)
2009 . The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tachyon Publications, ISBN-10: 9781892391933, $14.95, 380+[1] pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2010 . Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2010, Ursula K. Le Guin, Night Shade Books, ISBN-10: 9781597802888, $15.99, pages, ebook, Anthology)
2011 . Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2011, Ursula K. Le Guin, Night Shade Books, ISBN-10: 9781597802215, $15.99, [8]+481+[7] pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2012 . Outer Space, Inner Lands (2012, Ursula K. Le Guin, Small Beer Press, ISBN-10: 9781618730350, $24.00, iv+333+[6] pages, Hardcover, Collection)
2012 . Outer Space, Inner Lands (2012, Ursula K. Le Guin, Small Beer Press, ISBN-10: 9781618730374, $14.95, ebook, Collection)
2012 . Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories: Second Edition (2012, Ursula K. Le Guin, Night Shade Books, ISBN-10: 9781597804547, $16.99, 525 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2014 . Outer Space, Inner Lands (2014, Ursula K. Le Guin, Recorded Books, ISBN-10: 9781470382971, digital audio download, Collection)
2014 . Outer Space, Inner Lands (2014, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 9781473202856, £18.99, 352 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
2015 . Outer Space, Inner Lands (2015, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 9781473202863, £9.99, 352 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
2015 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose (2015, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz / Orion, ISBN-10: 9781473205765, £9.99, xx+561 pages, Trade Paperback, Omnibus)
2015 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2015, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gateway / Orion, ISBN-10: 9781473214361, £4.99, pages, ebook, Collection)
2016 . Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dover Publications, ISBN-10: 9780486802312, $19.95, viii+296 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2016 . The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (2016, Ursula K. Le Guin, Saga Press, ISBN-10: 9781481489461, $59.99, 1552 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
2017 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2017, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial, ISBN-10: 9780062471031, $9.99, pages, ebook, Collection)
2017 . The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (2017, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial, ISBN-10: 9780062470973, $1.99, ebook, Chapter Book)
2017 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2017, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial, ISBN-10: 9780062471031, ebook, Collection)
2017 . The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (2017, Ursula K. Le Guin, Saga Press, ISBN-10: 9781534404717, $39.99, 1584 pages, Trade Paperback, Omnibus)
2020 . The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vintage Books, ISBN-10: 9780525563860, $25.00, xviii+876 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2020 . The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vintage Books, ISBN-10: 9780525563877, $12.99, 896 pages, ebook, Anthology)
2021 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2021, Ursula K. Le Guin, HarperAudio, ISBN-10: 9780063143418, $30.79, digital audio download, Collection)
2022 . The Wind's Twelve Quarters (2022, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial, ISBN-10: 9780063269590, $9.99, 320 pages, Paperback, Collection)

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English Wikipedia article on The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas