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Planet Of Exile

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:54:31 +0200

The Telling hc-8

Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:54:29 +0200

Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka — the Corporation — is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature of Aka's cultural past, Sutty is sent upriver to the backwoods town of Okzat-Ozkat. Here she is slowly charmed by the old-world mountain people, whose still waters, she gradually realizes, run very deep. But whether their ways constitute a religion, ancient traditions, philosophy, or passive, political resistance, Sutty is not sure. Delving ever deeper into her hosts' culture, Sutty finds herself on a parallel spiritual quest, as well.

The Dispossessed hc-1

Wed, 14 Sep 1977 15:54:30 +0300

Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Urras. Won Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974. Won Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1975. Nominated for John W Campbell Memorial Award in 1975.

Solitude

Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:54:30 +0200

The Word for World is Forest

Wed, 14 Sep 1977 14:16:04 +0300

1st Edition

First appeared in the Anthology Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, 1972

Dutch and German book editions preceded the book edition in English [1975] ISFDB

Base Edition for this ePub

The copyright page indicates that this is a Berkley Medallion Books. There were several prints under this name with unknown date, subsequent to the 1976 edition. ISFDB

Book Description

When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters.

Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.

Four Ways to Forgiveness

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:42:14 +0200

1st Edtion

1st Hardcover Edition

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1995 by HarperPrism.

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First Perennial edition published December14, 2004, ISBN:006076029X

Description

At the far end of our universe, on the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, all humankind is divided into "assets" and "owners," tradition and liberation are at war, and freedom takes many forms. Here is a society as complex and troubled as any on our world, peopled with unforgettable characters struggling to become fully human. For the disgraced revolutionary Abberkam, the callow "space brat" Solly, the haughty soldier Teyeo, and the Ekumen historian and Hainish exile Havzhiva, freedom and duty both begin in the heart, and success as well as failure has its costs.

In this stunning collection of four intimately interconnected novellas, Ursula K. Le Guin returns to the great themes that have made her one of America's most honored and respected authors.

The Telling

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 14:16:03 +0200

1st Edition2000, Harcourt, ISBN 0151005672Base Edition for This ePub2000, Harcourt, ISBN 0151005672Book DescriptionSutty, an Observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to a new world-a world in the grips of a stern monolithic state, the Corporation. Embracing the sophisticated technology brought by other worlds and desiring to advance even faster into the future, the Akans recently outlawed the past, the old calligraphy, certain words, all ancient beliefs and ways; every citizen must now be a producer-consumer. Their state, not unlike the China of the Cultural Revolution, is one of secular terrorism. Traveling from city to small town, from loudspeakers to bleating cattle, Sutty discovers the remnants of a banned religion, a hidden culture. As she moves deeper into the countryside and the desolate mountains, she learns more about the Telling-the old faith of the Akans-and more about herself. With her intricate creation of an alien world, Ursula K. Le Guin compels us to reflect on our own recent history.

The Unreal and the Real, Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Volume 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:58:13 +0200

The Dispossessed

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:17:25 +0200

First Edition

1974

Base Edition for ePub

August 2003, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, isbn:006051275X

This ePub

Harper Collins ebook reprint October 13, 2009, ISBN13: 9780061796883

PerfectBound e-book extra: A Study Guide to The Dispossessed by Paul Brians [1994, 1998]Page Numbers Source isbn:006051275XASIN: B000FC11GA

Book Description

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

Unlocking The Air

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:54:29 +0200

Three Hainish Novels

Sun, 19 Nov 1978 14:16:04 +0300

1st Editions of Novels

Rocannon’s World, 1966 Ace Books

Planet of Exile, 1966 Ace Books

City of Illusions, 1967 Ace Books

Compilation Edition

Nelson Doubleday 1978, OCLC 65675612

Orb reprint 1996, ISBN 0312862113 as Worlds of Exile and Illusion

Base Edition for this ePub

Nelson Doubleday 1978

Book Description

The compelling saga of generations of space travelers from the prize-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness. A trio of spellbinding novels-in 1 volume.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Sat, 21 Nov 1987 15:54:29 +0300

1st Edition 1969

Author Introduction Edition 1976

This ePub

Based on the 1987 Mass Market Paperback editon

Book Description

When The Left Hand of Darkness first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, "Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth, Dune—and such a world is Winter." Twenty-five years and a Hugo and Nebula Award later, these words remain true. In Winter, or Gethen, Ursula K. Le Guin has created a fully realized planet and people. But Gethen society is more than merely a fascinating creation. The concept of a society existing totally without sexual prejudices is even more relevant today than it was in 1969. This special 25th anniversary edition of The Left Hand of Darkness contains not only the complete, unaltered text of the landmark original but also a thought-provoking new afterword and four new appendixes by Ms. Le Guin. When the human ambassador Genly Ai is sent to Gethen, the planet known as Winter by those outsiders who have experienced its arctic climate, he thinks that his mission will be a standard one of making peace between warring factions. Instead the ambassador finds himself wildly unprepared. For Gethen is inhabited by a society with a rich, ancient culture full of strange beauty and deadly intrigue—a society of people who are both male and female in one, and neither. This lack of fixed gender, and the resulting lack of gender-based discrimination, is the very cornerstone of Gethen life. But Genly is all too human. Unless he can overcome his ingrained prejudices about the significance of "male" and "female," he may destroy both his mission and himself.