The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose - S.F. Masterworks (Paperback)

One of the most accomplished of contemporary science fiction writers - The New York Times Book Review

Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . she moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend. - The Times

A wonderfully mordant analyst of human weakness. The gems in this impressive collection have the same power to disconcert as her best novels.

On the strength of The Wind's Twelve Quarters, I would not hesitate to say that the short story is the appropriate medium for her, and one in which few contemporary writers . . . can equal her' - New Scientist