The recipient of numerous literary prizes, like the Country wide Publication Award, the Kafka Award, five Hugo Awards and five Nebula Awards, the renowned writer Ursula K. Le Guin offers, in each tale and novel, produced a provocative, ever-evolving world filled with different worlds and rich characters similar to our earthly selves. Today, in The Birthday from the Globe, this gifted musician returns to these worlds in eight excellent short works, including a never-before-published novella, each which probes the fact of humanity.