Hainish Series by Ursula Le Guin
Hainish #1
Three Hainish Novels
Ursula Le Guin
1st Editions of NovelsRocannon’s World, 1966 Ace BooksPart of this novel appeared in Amazing Stories, Sept. 1964, as a short story, and is copyright © 1964 by Ziff-Davis Publications, Inc.Planet of Exile, 1966 Ace BooksCity of Illusions, 1967 Ace BooksCompilation Edition Nelson Doubleday 1978, OCLC 65675612Orb reprint 1996, ISBN 0312862113 as Worlds of Exile and IllusionBase Edition for this ePubNelson Doubleday 1978Book DescriptionThe 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.
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Hainish #4
The Word for World is Forest
Ursula Le Guin
1st EditionFirst appeared in the Anthology Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, 1972Dutch and German book editions preceded the book edition in English [1975] ISFDBBase Edition for this ePubThe 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. ISFDBBook DescriptionWhen 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.
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Hainish #5
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula Le Guin
1st Edition 1969Author Introduction Edition 1976This ePubBased on the 1987 Mass Market Paperback editonBook DescriptionWhen 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.
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Hainish #6
The Dispossessed
Ursula Le Guin
First Edition 1974Base Edition for ePubAugust 2003, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, isbn:006051275XThis ePubHarper Collins ebook reprint October 13, 2009, ISBN13: 9780061796883PerfectBound e-book extra: A Study Guide to The Dispossessed by Paul Brians [1994, 1998]Page Numbers Source isbn:006051275XASIN: B000FC11GABook DescriptionShevek, 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.
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Hainish #7
Four Ways to Forgiveness
Ursula Le Guin
1st Edtion“Betrayals,” copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Blue Motel.“Forgiveness Day,” copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Asimov’s.“A Man of the People,” copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Asimov’s. “A Woman of Liberation,” copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin; first appeared in Asimov’s.1st Hardcover EditionA hardcover edition of this book was published in 1995 by HarperPrism.Base Edition for This ePubFirst Perennial edition published December14, 2004, ISBN:006076029XDescriptionAt 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.
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Hainish #8
The Telling
Ursula Le Guin
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.
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