"The Day Before the Revolution"
| Title | "The Day Before the Revolution" |
| Year for Search | 1974 |
| Authors | Le Guin, Ursula K[roeber](1929-2018) |
| Secondary Title | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| Volume / Edition | 35.8 |
| Pagination | 17-30 |
| Date Published | August 1974) |
| ISSN Number | 0016-4003 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | The story of Odo, theorist of the revolution in 1974 Le Guin, The Dispossessed, as an old woman just before the revolution. The Galaxy version is dedicated “in memoriam Paul Goodman 1911-1972”. Although the story takes place before the novel, it was written after it. See the note on the story in The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, where she also says, “This story is about one of the ones who walked away from Omelas” [1973 Le Guin] (232). |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in her The Wind’s Twelve Quarters: Short Stories (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 232-46; in Nebula Award Stories Ten. Ed. James Gunn (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 129-45; in More Women of Wonder: Science Fiction Novelettes By Women About Women. Ed. Pamela Sargent (New York: Vintage, 1976), 279-301; in The Best of the Nebulas (New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 1989), 391-401, with an “Author’s Foreword” on 390; in Women of Wonder: The Classic Years. Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Ed. Pamela Sargent (San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1995), 344-57; in The Utopia Reader. Ed. Gregory Claeys and Lyman Tower Sargent (New York: New York University Press, 1999), 407-22; 2nd ed. (New York: New York University Press, 2017), 483-96; in Hainish Novels & Stories Volume One. Rocannon’s World Planet of Exile City of Illusions The Left Hand of Darkness The Dispossessed Stories. Ed. Brian Attebery (New York: Library of America, 2017), 975-89 with a “Note on the Text” (1084); and in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 218-237, with a biographical note on 454-456 and notes on the text on 485-486. |
| Author Note | Female author (1929-2018) |
| Full Text | 1974 Le Guin, Ursula K[roeber] (1929-2018). “The Day Before the Revolution.” Galaxy Science Fiction 35.8 (August 1974): 17-30. Rpt. in her The Wind’s Twelve Quarters: Short Stories (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 232-46; in Nebula Award Stories Ten. Ed. James Gunn (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 129-45; in More Women of Wonder: Science Fiction Novelettes By Women About Women. Ed. Pamela Sargent (New York: Vintage, 1976), 279-301; in The Best of the Nebulas (New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 1989), 391-401, with an “Author’s Foreword” on 390; in Women of Wonder: The Classic Years. Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Ed. Pamela Sargent (San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1995), 344-57; in The Utopia Reader. Ed. Gregory Claeys and Lyman Tower Sargent (New York: New York University Press, 1999), 407-22; 2nd ed. (New York: New York University Press, 2017), 483-96; in Hainish Novels & Stories Volume One. Rocannon’s World Planet of Exile City of Illusions The Left Hand of Darkness The Dispossessed Stories. Ed. Brian Attebery (New York: Library of America, 2017), 975-89 with a “Note on the Text” (1084); and in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 218-237, with a biographical note on 454-456 and notes on the text on 485-486. PSt The story of Odo, theorist of the revolution in 1974 Le Guin, The Dispossessed, as an old woman just before the revolution. The Galaxy version is dedicated “in memoriam Paul Goodman 1911-1972”. Although the story takes place before the novel, it was written after it. See the note on the story in The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, where she also says, “This story is about one of the ones who walked away from Omelas” [1973 Le Guin] (232). Female author. |
