Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin

Fifteen Writers Answer Le Guin

Revolution in the Heart gathers 15 new stories inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin's fiction and her belief that writers can imagine alternatives to the world as it is. Edited by Jonathan Strahan and produced with the cooperation of Le Guin's estate, the anthology is less an imitation than a conversation. Its writers carry her questions about freedom, power, belonging, and responsibility into stories of their own.

A Remarkable Table of Contributors

The lineup includes Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Charlie Jane Anders, Sarah Pinsker, Darcie Little Badger, Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss, Ai Jiang, Alaya Dawn Johnson, S. Qiouyi Lu, E. Lily Yu, Vandana Singh, Aliya Whiteley, Premee Mohamed, and Chana Porter. Their stories range across alien languages, future librarians, genocide, art, memory, and the uneasy work of living inside systems one may want to change.

Inspiration Without Pastiche

Le Guin's influence reaches far beyond Earthsea or the Hainish stories, and this collection treats that breadth seriously. The contributors respond through their own styles, cultures, and speculative concerns rather than trying to reproduce her voice. The result is a 320-page hardcover for readers interested in what her ideas can set in motion now, not only in revisiting what she already made.