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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.

The story "Omelas"was first published in New Dimensions 3, a hard-cover science fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg, in October 1973, and the following year it won Le Guin the prestigious Hugo Award for best short story.

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It was subsequently printed in her short story collection The Wind's Twelve Quartersin 1975.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 32 pages

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