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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Narrative by Ursula K. Le Guin
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"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas,... Wikipedia
Originally published: October 1973
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Date: 1973
Published in: New Dimensions 3

They flared their nostrils and pranced and boasted to one another; they were vastly excited, the horse being the only animal who has adopted our ceremonies as ...
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"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1974.
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Le Guin poses this question in her classic short story The One's Who Walk Away from Omelas which follows an overview of a town living in what appears to be a ...
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This story is an interesting look at life and what people would do to be happy. The question for the reader is would you live in Omelas and follow the rules, or ...