"Le Guin's prose is so very luminous and simple, and she always tells the truth, and when I'm with her people, I'm with living people, on worlds as solid and real as my own. Le Guin has a gift, which is to transform words into worlds." – Molly Gloss
"Delicious . . . her worlds are haunting psychological visions molded with firm artistry." – Library Journal
"Ursula Le Guin keeps getting better and better." – Chicago Sun-Times
"A collection that begins with a fine story and gets better and better." – Dallas News