{"product_id":"9780544341685","title":"Changing Planes","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A fantastical travel guide, reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eGulliver’s Travels\u003c\/i\u003e,” from a narrator with “the eye of an anthropologist and the humor of a satirist.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hailed by Neil Gaiman as “a master of the craft” and Margaret Atwood as “a quintessentially American writer,” Ursula K. Le Guin is at her entertaining, thought-provoking best in this collection of ingeniously linked stories.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Missing a flight, waiting in an airport, listening to garbled announcements—who doesn’t hate that misery? But Sita Dulip of Cincinnati finds a way to bypass the long lines, the crowded restrooms, the nasty food, the whimpering children and domineering parents, the bookless bookstores, the plastic chairs bolted to the floor. . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With a kind of twist and a slipping bend, easier to do than to describe, Sita travels not to Denver but to Strupsirts, a picturesque region of waterspouts and volcanoes. Or to Djeyo, where she can stay for two nights with a balcony overlooking the amber Sea of Somue. This new method of “changing planes” enables Sita to visit bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own . . . and sometimes open doors into the thrillingly alien.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, featuring illustrations by Eric Beddows, \u003ci\u003eChanging Planes \u003c\/i\u003eis your boarding pass to fifteen worlds that are vintage Le Guin, from a recipient of the PEN\/Malamud Award for excellence in the art of the short story.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123737444592,"sku":"9780544341685","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544341685_p0.jpg?v=1769895902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544341685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}