[This entry was updated by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) from her update in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, of the entry by Brian Attebery (College of Idaho) in DLB 8: Twentieth-Century American Science...

Ursula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsmanship, a limpid prose style, realistic detail in the creation of imag...

In a decade and a half, since Ursula K. LeGuin's first novel appeared as one half of an Ace Double paperback, she has become one of the most important writers in the field of science fiction. Le Guin writes the sort of stories science-fiction critics hav...

When Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," first published in 1973, was collected two years later in The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Le Guin added an introduction identifying the immediate inspiration for the central image of her story as a passage...

The stage was set for the perfect dramatic conclusion. Returning to the FleetCenter for the first time since a trade sent him to Dallas Oct. 20, Antoine Walker held the opportunity to win the game with less than a second remaining. All the hype...

Discusses the Ursula K. LeGuin story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Describes how LeGuin makes use of colorful descriptions and hypothetical situations to draw us into a surrealistic world that illustrates how unsympathetic society can be.

Analyzes the short story, Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas. Explores the utopia splitting because of ones sacrifice and neglect. Describes how wanting to achieve happiness, without any disadvantages can cause a wrecked society and raise conflicts.

This is a study of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin. The essay discusses the story's views on the nature of happiness, utopia, and the importance of building a joyful community.