The Compass Rose

The Compass Rose
First limited, signed edition
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
IllustratorThomas Canty (1983)
Cover artistThomas Canty (1983)[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherPendragon Press
Publication date
July 1982
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages273 (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-06-014988-4
OCLC8109967
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3562.E42 C6 1982

The Compass Rose is a 1982 collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1983. It is organized into sections on the theme of directions, though not strictly compass-related as the title implies.

It won the Locus Award for best Single Author Collection in 1983.[2]

  1. ^ "Yvonne Gilbert – Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Locus Awards Nominee List". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2011.