
The Unreal and the Real
Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin, Volume One: Where on Earth
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Tandy Cronyn
The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.
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Tandy Cronyn does an excellent job of narrating.
A Great Collection of Le Guin's Short Stories
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Chapters are blurred
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The problem is that this is a collection of short stories, but the chapter breaks inserted by Audible do not in all cases correspond to the beginning of a new story. To locate some stories, one must scrub along through the previous story to the end. The only way I knew to do this was that I have original print copies of both volumes of The Unreal and the Real, and could refer to the Table of Contents in each to determine the order in which the stories occur.
I get that some people don't know the difference between a novel and a story collection, and that of the latter group a large proportion simply read or listen to stories in order, but I'm not one of them and neither should be the Audible curators. We deserve a real Table of Contents on an audiobook, and I hope this shortcoming will be corrected.
Otherwise, this is a great collection.
"Chapter"/Story Breaks Bungled
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This first volume contains standard literary fiction and fantasy stories in a number of different styles, whereas the second volume is science fiction. Overall, I thought the stories in the first volume were good, with a few that were outstanding. I didn't care for the fantasy stories. The book contained a delightful introduction by the author in which she talks about her process for picking the stories, how she chose their order, and some background of several of them.
My favorites of this collection were:
"The Diary of the Rose" - this was a sad story about a psychotherapist and a patient
"Directions of the Road" - this was an interesting story of a tree commenting about the changes in its surroundings over a long period of time.
"Half Past Four" - a collection of eight interrelated melancholy stories.
Giving this three stars for the stories I really enjoyed less the fantasy which I endured less the confusion I felt trying to navigate the terrible Audible formatting.
Good collection, poor formatting
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i wished audible gave the titles of the stories in the contents, so that one might select a specific story. numbered chapter headings are unhelpful and some stories were recorded together in one chapter.
generosity and kindness in weaving stories to community
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Shame on you, Audible
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damn thing automatically plays, then something else, and something else
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I stuck it through to the end to see if there was anything that was worthwhile. I don't think I needed to read the entire thing.
The second volume of science fiction stories is much more interesting and I believe are definitely worth reading. I would not recommend this first volume to anyone. Unfortunate, because I really enjoy Le Guin. I have read many of her books and look forward to reading more.
Pretty disjointed
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