Changing Planes - Ursula K. Le Guin

I picked up Changing Planes for no better reason than it was in a 3 for 2 offer and I had already selected two books I wanted. I had heard of Ursula K. Le Guin before, but had never got round to reading any of her books. From the blurb, this looked like it was an interesting novel. It turns out that I was wrong - it is not a novel but a series of short stories all connected by a theme. The concept is that if someone is bored stiff in an airport, sitting on an uncomfortable chair, digesting bad fast food he or she can mentally "change planes" and visit another world and return after a week's ... more