The Word of Unbinding

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The Word of Unbinding (1964) is a short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the January 1964 issue of Fantastic, and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. In this story, the world of Earthsea, which was later made famous by A Wizard of Earthsea, was first introduced.

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Internet Book List entry

Series:	Followed by:
Earthsea	The Rule of Names

v • d • e Works by Ursula K. Le Guin - (bibliography)

Listed in order written with publication date in parentheses.

Earthsea	"The Word of Unbinding" (1964) · "The Finder" (2001) · "Darkrose and Diamond" (1999) · "The Rule of Names" (1964) · "The Bones of the Earth" (2001) · A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) · The Tombs of Atuan (1971) · "On the High Marsh" (2001) · The Farthest Shore (1972) · Tehanu (1990) · "Dragonfly" (1997) · Tales from Earthsea (coll 2001) · The Other Wind (2001)

Hainish Cycle	"Dowry of the Angyar" (1964) · Rocannon's World (1964) · Planet of Exile (1966) · City of Illusions (1967) · The Left Hand of Darkness (1967) · "Winter's King" (1969) · "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" (1971) · The Dispossessed (1974) · "The Day Before the Revolution" (1974) · The Word for World is Forest (1976) · "The Shobies' Story" (1990) · "Dancing to Ganam" (1993) · "Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" (1994) · "The Matter of Seggri" (1994) · "Unchosen Love" (1994) · "Solitude" (1994) · Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995) · "Coming of Age in Karhide" (1995) • "Mountain Ways" (1996) · "Old Music and the Slave Women" (1999) · The Telling (2000)

Other fiction (novels bold)	The Lathe of Heaven (1971) · The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975) · Orsinian Tales (1976) · The Eye of the Heron (1978) · Malafrena (1979) · The Beginning Place (1980) · The Compass Rose (1982) · Always Coming Home (1985) · Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences (1987) · Searoad (1991) · A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1991) · Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996) · The Birthday of the World (2002) · Changing Planes (2003)

Nonfiction	The Language of the Night (1979) · Dancing at the Edge of the World (1982) · "Revisioning Earthsea" (1992 published lecture) · Steering the Craft (1998) · The Wave in the Mind (2004)