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Dragonfly

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published October 1998
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Earthsea › Earthsea Cycle

Synopsis

She works on a family farm. He is an important sorcerer. She is impressed, when he promises to get her into the famous school for magic.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1999 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Nominee/Finalist
1999 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Runner-up
1999 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1998 Legends Tor Anthology 273
October 1998 Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy Tor Fantasy Anthology 341
October 1998 Legends Voyager / HarperCollins Anthology 273
October 1998 Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy Voyager / HarperCollins Anthology
December 1998 Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy Tor / SFBC Anthology 341
June 1999 Legends Voyager / HarperCollins Anthology
2000 Legends Voyager Anthology 279
February 2000 Legends: Volume 3 Tor Anthology 153
May 2001 Tales from Earthsea Harcourt Collection 197
August 2001 Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy Tor Anthology 273
October 2001 Tales from Earthsea & The Other Wind Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 151
May 2002 Tales from Earthsea Ace Books Collection 209
October 2002 Tales from Earthsea Orion Children's Books Collection
November 2003 Tales from Earthsea Ace Books Collection 209
November 2003 Tales from Earthsea Orion Collection 197
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Graphia Collection
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Collection 240
September 2012 Tales from Earthsea Graphia Collection
October 2012 Lightspeed, October 2012 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |3
August 2016 Tales from Earthsea Recorded Books Collection |6
October 2016 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection 623
October 2016 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection
November 2016 The Found and the Lost Recorded Books Collection |623
November 2017 The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin Saga Press Collection
2023 Tales from Earthsea The Folio Society Collection 215|6
May 2023 Tales from Earthsea Gollancz Collection 255