Audio, Music, & Video Links

Read by the Author

• An excerpt from Catwings.
• Ursula reads an excerpt from A Wizard of Earthsea, Chapter 10: "The Open Sea"
• Three Poems from Wild Angels
• "She Unnames Them," from Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences
• A Book of Songs: Twelve Poems from Incredible Good Fortune

Reading (Offsite)

• Audiofile of UKL's Lavinia reading at the Corvallis-Benton County Library MP3 [24Mb]

Downloadable Audiobooks at Audible.com

Audioclips are available online at Audible.com

• Complete list of downloadable Le Guin books.
• A Wizard of Earthsea. Unabridged.
• The Tombs of Atuan. Unabridged. UKL reads the online sample.
• The Farthest Shore. Unabridged.
• The Other Wind. Unabridged.
• The Lathe of Heaven. Unabridged.
• Gifts. Unabridged.
• Voices. Unabridged.
• Powers. Unabridged.
• Changing Planes. Unabridged.
• The Birthday of the World and Other Stories. UKL reads from the Introduction in the online sample. Unabridged.
• The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century. Unabridged. Includes UKL's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
• 2000x: Vaster than Empires and More Slow. Dramatized.
• City of Illusions. Unabridged.
• Planet of Exile. Unabridged.
• Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy, Volume 3. Includes UKL's "Dragonfly." Unabridged.
• The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, January-February 2003, ed. Gordon Van Gelder. Includes "The Seasons of the Ansarac," from Changing Planes. Unabridged.

Audiobooks on CD and Cassette at Recorded Books

• Lavinia (August 2008)
• Catwings, read by Ursula K. Le Guin. Unabridged. Listen to an excerpt.
• Catwings Return, read by Ursula K. Le Guin. Unabridged.
• Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, read by Ursula K. Le Guin. Unabridged.
• Forthcoming: Jane on Her Own (a Catwings book), read by Ursula K. Le Guin.
• A Wizard of Earthsea. Unabridged.
• The Tombs of Atuan. Unabridged.
• The Farthest Shore. Unabridged.
• Tales from Earthsea. Unabridged.
• The Other Wind. Unabridged.
• Gifts. (Annals of the Western Shore, Book 1.) Unabridged.
• Voices. (Annals of the Western Shore, Book 2.) Unabridged.
• Powers. (Annals of the Western Shore, Book 3.) Unabridged.
• The Beginning Place. Unabridged.

The Spoken Word: Audio Interviews

• “Between the Covers”: Jim Schumock interviews UKL for KBOO radio. Streaming audio.
• Online: NPR's Jacki Lyden interviews UKL on "All Things Considered," 26 April 2008. (Audio)
• Between the Covers: John J. Miller interviews UKL at National Review Online. 24 April 2008. [Offsite link]
• "Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" Seattle Arts and Lectures Literary Series, 8 April 2002 [Offsite link: RealAudio]
• Talk of the Nation, host Neal Conan; guests Daniel Grotta, Michael Drout, Ursula K. Le Guin discuss Tolkien. NPR, 18 December 2003. [Offsite link: RealMedia or WindowsMedia]
• Elsewhere, Inverted, Utopia — Kurt Anderson interviews Ursula K. Le Guin for "Studio 360" at WNYC public radio. [Offsite link: RealAudio]

Music Available Online

• Two audio excerpts from the "Paradises Lost" opera at Stephen Andrew Taylor's website: "What is the sadness in you" (mp3, 1:49) and "Alive in the world are human beings, plants, and bacteria" (mp3, 2:20)
• The Hidden Sky: A Chamber Opera based on the Le Guin Short Story "The Masters," by Peter Foley. Includes "Oath" (excerpt), "Wheel in the Engine" (complete), and "Revelation/All Is Number" (excerpt).
• Kesh Music by Todd Barton from Always Coming Home

Videos

• Video of UKL's 22 April appearance at Powell's Bookstore. Lavinia reading, Q&A. Video courtesy of pdxjustice Media Productions. (Google video, 43 minutes) (27 April 2008)
• "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature." Video of Arbuthnot Honor Lecture by Ursula K. Le Guin, 2004. (Google video, 1 hr. Filesize: 19Mb, for slower connections.)
• "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature." Video of Arbuthnot Honor Lecture by Ursula K. Le Guin, 2004. (Google video, 1 hr, high-res. Filesize: 69Mb, for faster connections.)
• Note: If the video image is pixilated or blurry, choose "original size" from the drop-down menu at the lower right corner of the video window.

Copyright © 2008 by Ursula K. Le Guin