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That is a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
by d_j_b 9y ago
That is a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
- Angostura 9y agoI think I have it in "The Winds 12 Quarters"
- steveax 9y agoSalem O backwards
- BerislavLopac 9y ago"People ask me 'Where do you get your ideas from, Ms. Le Guin?' From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?"
- emmelaich 9y agoYes, a story that has haunted me ever since I read it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Om... The EarthSea Trilogy has stuck with me too.
- kej 9y agoEarthsea was a trilogy from '72 to '90, but it's now five novels and a bunch of short stories. They're all good.