Not reviewed. Not well remembered, except that I enjoyed it. ( )

Great ideas, like the one about travellers having conflicting perceptions of reality after travel, but the plots are weak and world building is non-existent beyond bizarre details like exotic family structures and sexual relations. ( )

I'm not a huge fan of short story collections – they're hard to rate, I don't like reading stories bunched together all that much, it's just not for me. So giving **A Fisherman of the Inland Sea** 4/5 stars means a lot – Ursula Le Guin always manages to show deeply familiar human sides to technological developments. Here I was impressed with her ability to show groups (families and other groups) interact and evolve. The deep understanding of individuals growing older, away from home or at home, was touching too, and terribly well executed. Oh, the humanity, you know? ( )

There were some odd little stories in here, but the best were the trio at the end that explore the technology of instantaneous transportation. Her Buddhist sensibility shines through when addressing the questions of competing realities and human relationships. ( )

Beautiful collection. ( )