[d_j_b]

That is a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

[emmelaich]

Yes, a story that has haunted me ever since I read it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Om...

The EarthSea Trilogy has stuck with me too.

[kej]

Earthsea was a trilogy from '72 to '90, but it's now five novels and a bunch of short stories. They're all good.

[Angostura]

I think I have it in "The Winds 12 Quarters"

[steveax]

Salem O backwards

[BerislavLopac]

"People ask me 'Where do you get your ideas from, Ms. Le Guin?' From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?"