▁Gu in ." ▁P engu in ▁Random ▁House ▁published ▁Five ▁W ays ▁to ▁F org iveness , ▁a ▁collection ▁including ▁the ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁and ▁the ▁four ▁stories ▁from ▁Four ▁W ays ▁to ▁F org iveness , ▁as ▁an ▁e Book ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁for ew ord ▁to ▁The ▁B irth day ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁collection , ▁Le ▁Gu in ▁stated ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁critic ' s ▁sc orn ▁for ▁writing ▁about ▁sla very ; ▁in ▁response , ▁Le ▁Gu in ▁asked ▁" I ▁wonder ▁what ▁planet ▁he ▁lives ▁on ?" ▁Review ing ▁The ▁B irth day ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁collection ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁Canadian ▁author ▁Margaret ▁At wood ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁setting ▁and ▁insp iration ▁of ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁brought ▁it ▁" very ▁close ▁to ▁home ". ▁At wood ▁stated ▁that ▁this ▁story ▁provided ▁the ▁strong est ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁Le ▁Gu in ' s ▁belief ▁that ▁science ▁fiction ▁reflect s ▁the ▁real ▁world ; ▁according ▁to ▁At wood , ▁the ▁story ▁could ▁have ▁reflected ▁any ▁society ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁war . ▁Refer ring ▁to ▁Le ▁Gu in ▁as ▁usually ▁being ▁a ▁" a ▁moving ly ▁lyr ical ▁writer ", ▁At wood ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁didn ' t ▁"[ sh y ] ▁away ▁from ▁necessary ▁g ore ". ▁ ▁Review ing ▁Far ▁Hor iz ons ▁for ▁the ▁Washington ▁Post , ▁Richard