An anarchist compound on the day of a revolutionary’s death ('The Day Before the Revolution') A prison on the planet of Earthsea when Festin, a young wizard, is being held captive ('The Word of Unbinding') Winter and Ollul when the king is poisoned and abdicates her throne to her child ('Winter’s King') Space and then World 4470 during the exploits of a crew on a deep space exploratory mission ('Vaster Than Empires and More Slow') The west coast of the United States at a time when pollution has destroyed the country ('The New Atlantis') The forest during a retelling of a disastrous event that leads to the death of the narrator’s husband ('The Wife’s Story') The land of the Asonu, a peaceful place filled with silent people, as outsiders observe it ('The Silence of the Asonu') Sattins Island, on the planet of Earthsea, on a day when a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim his fortune ('The Rule of Names') Omelas, a utopian city by the sea, on the day of the Festival of Summer ('The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas') Libra, a desolate planet manned by two scientists, in the days leading to and following the arrival of ten clones sent to help them ('Nine Lives') Seggri, a society segregated along gender lines, as depicted in a series of journal entries and firsthand observations of life on Seggri ('The Matter of Seggri') A fantasy land with a society highly stratified along class lines, wherein two girls are stolen from their homes and forced into marriages with their captors ('The Wild Girls').

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