{"product_id":"changing-planes-stories","title":"Changing Planes: Stories","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSita Dulip has missed her flight out of Chicago. Rather than endure the crowds, bad food, crying children, and uncomfortable airport chairs, she discovers a method for bypassing the ordinary world: she changes planes—not airplanes, but entire planes of existence. Through “Sita Dulip’s Method,” she begins visiting societies unlike anything found on Earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these vivid, entertaining, and philosophical stories, Ursula K. Le Guin imagines worlds where children’s babble gradually fades into adult silence, entire towns exist solely for holiday shopping, personalities are governed by rage, and genetic experiments produce unexpected results. Drawing on influences including Borges, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGulliver’s Travels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Le Guin uses the foreign and alien to illuminate the indelible truths of our own human society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was one of the most influential American writers of the twentieth century. Her work spanned science fiction, fantasy, poetry, essays, and children’s literature, and earned her numerous honors, including the Hugo, Nebula, and PEN\/Malamud awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKaren Joy Fowler is an American novelist and short-story writer whose books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She received the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and is the recipient of numerous awards for her fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarper Perennial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 1, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScience Fiction · Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Satire · Social Commentary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780063568310\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677941006518,"sku":"9780063568310","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780063568310.jpg?v=1792423399","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/changing-planes-stories","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}