Winner · Hugo Awards 1974
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
1973 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
Synopsis from Open Library.
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- science fiction
Hugo Awards 1974
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