The Compass Rose

{{Short description|1982 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin}}

{{for|the 1983 Spanish film|The Compass Rose (film)}}

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| name = The Compass Rose

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| image = File:TheCompassRose.jpg

| border = yes

| caption = First limited, signed edition

| author = Ursula K. Le Guin

| illustrator = Thomas Canty (1983)

| cover_artist = Thomas Canty (1983){{Cite web |title=Yvonne Gilbert – Summary Bibliography |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25587 |website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |accessdate=August 17, 2013}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Pendragon Press

| release_date = July 1982

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 273 (first edition, hardback)

| isbn = 0-06-014988-4

| dewey= 813/.54 19

| congress= PS3562.E42 C6 1982

| oclc= 8109967

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The Compass Rose is a 1982 collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1983. It is organized into sections on the theme of directions, though not strictly compass-related as the title implies.

It won the Locus Award for best Single Author Collection in 1983.{{Cite web |title=Locus Awards Nominee List |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusNomList.html |url-status=dead |website=The Locus Index to SF Awards |accessdate=2011-05-12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514220412/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusNomList.html |archivedate=2012-05-14}}