Paradises Lost

Ursula k. Le Guin's beautifully realised space epic of two young friends finding their lives steer a new, and unexpected course

'Our job is to travel. A different job from arrival.'

As the ship Discovery makes its slow way through space towards New Earth, two children, Hsing and Luis, born into the ship's society, come of age together. But just as their destinies seem to be unfolding as decreed, a revelation about Discovery's true course throws new light on to their shared future.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days