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Changing Planes
Changing Planes is a 2003 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. Each chapter describes a different world and the society that inhabits it; these societies share similarities to Earth's cultures in some respects, but they may be notably dissimilar in other respects. Many of the chapters are brief vignettes or ethnographic profiles of the societies they describe. Changing Planes won the Locus Award for Best Collection in 2004.
Article summary
Changing Planes is a 2003 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. Each chapter describes a different world and the society that inhabits it; these societies share similarities to Earth's cultures in some respects, but they may be notably dissimilar in other respects. Many of the chapters are brief vignettes or ethnographic profiles of the societies they describe. Changing Planes won the Locus Award for Best Collection in 2004.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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