▁Grant ▁was ▁more ▁circ ums pect ▁about ▁the ▁story , ▁stating ▁" read ers ▁un famil iar ▁with ▁[ Le ▁Gu in ' s ] ▁o e uv re " ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁found ▁the ▁story ▁" e as ily ▁approach able ." ▁The ▁science ▁fiction ▁magazine ▁Str ange ▁Hor iz ons ▁stated ▁that ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁was ▁a ▁" m idd ling " ▁Le ▁Gu in ▁story , ▁which ▁made ▁it ▁a ▁" f ine ▁[ work ] ▁by ▁most ▁authors ' ▁standards ." ▁A ▁review ▁of ▁The ▁Found ▁and ▁the ▁Lost ▁in ▁the ▁science ▁fiction ▁magazine ▁Tor . com ▁offered ▁high ▁pra ise ▁to ▁the ▁collection , ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁found ▁" Le ▁Gu in ▁at ▁her ▁most ▁form id able ." ▁It ▁pra ised ▁the ▁four ▁stories ▁set ▁on ▁Wer el ▁in ▁particular , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁" rich ness ▁of ▁the ▁culture ▁Le ▁Gu in ▁dep ict s ▁is ▁pain fully ▁real , ▁at ▁once ▁beautiful ▁and ▁de pl or able ." ▁The ▁review ▁concluded ▁that ▁Le ▁Gu in ' s ▁" ability ▁to ▁make ▁not ▁only ▁her ▁out s ider - pro tagon ists ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁this ▁de grad ed ▁world , ▁but ▁her ▁" en light ened " ▁readers , ▁is ▁a ▁fe at ▁that ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁over look ed ." ▁ ▁Science ▁fiction ▁critic ▁John ▁Cl ute ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁less ▁substant ive ▁than ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁B irth day ▁of ▁the