"Paradises Lost"

Title"Paradises Lost"
Year for Search2002
AuthorsLe Guin, Ursula K[roeber](1929-2018)
Secondary TitleThe Birthday of the World and Other Stories
Pagination249-362
Date Published2002
PublisherHarperCollins
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Includes two societies, both with eutopian elements, on a multi-generation starship. The primary society is the one designed for the people on the starship, as modified by the people themselves. It is explicitly eutopian with an emphasis on "Peace and plenty. Light and warmth. Safety and freedom" (300). But it nearly succumbs to the religious belief of those who conclude there is nothing outside the ship. At the end, the first group begin to build a new society on a planet, while the second choose to travel forever.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (New York: Saga Press, 2016), 689-801.

Info Notes

First publication.

Holding Institutions

Merril, O, PSt, PU

Author Note

Female author (1929-2018)

Full Text

2002 Le Guin, Ursula K[roeber] (1929-2018). “Paradises Lost.” In her The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (New York: HarperCollins, 2002), 249-362. First publication. Rpt. in The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (New York: Saga Press, 2016), 689-801. Merril, O, PSt, PU

Includes two societies on a multi-generation starship. The primary society is the one designed for the people on the starship, as modified by the people themselves. It is explicitly eutopian with an emphasis on “Peace and plenty. Light and warmth. Safety and freedom” (300). But it nearly succumbs to the religious belief of those who conclude there is nothing outside the ship. At the end, the first group begin to build a new society on a planet, while the second choose to travel forever. Female author.