Hainish novels & stories / Ursula K. Le Guin ; Brian Attebery, editor.
Record details
- ISBN: 1598535382 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781598535389 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781598535389
- ISBN: 1598535382
- ISBN: 9781598535396
- ISBN: 1598535390
- ISBN: 9781598535389
- ISBN: 1598535382
- ISBN: 9781598535372
- ISBN: 1598535374
- Physical Description: 2 volumes (xviii, 1095 pages; xix, 789 pages) : maps, illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Volume 1 endpaper map by Ursula K. Le Guin; volume 2 endpaper illustration by Donna G. Brown. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Volume 1. Rocannon's world ; Planet of exile ; City of illusions ; The left hand of darkness ; The dispossessed ; Stories -- Volume 2. The word for world is forest ; Stories ; Five ways to forgiveness ; The telling. |
Summary, etc.: | "For the first time, all of Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish novels and stories are brought together in a single edition, complete and with new introductions by the author. Beginning in the 1960s and 70s, these remarkable works redrew the map of modern science fiction. In such visionary masterworks as the Nebula and Hugo Award winners The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, Le Guin imagined a galactic confederation of human colonies founded by the planet Hain--an array of worlds whose divergent societies was the result of both evolution and genetic engineering." -- Publisher's website. Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties in the mingling and clash of cultures that, over the centuries of separation, have developed widely disparate social and political structures as well as a range of biological differences. |
Awards Note: | Locus Award, Anthology, 2018 |
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Subject: | Science fiction, American. |
Genre: | Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. Novels. Short stories. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Milford Public Library | LE GUIN Ursula (Text) | v. 1 | 34013152395847 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Oxford Public Library | 813.54 LEG Vol. 1 (Text) | v. 1 | 33530149266444 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Oxford Public Library | 813.54 LEG Vol. 2 (Text) | v. 2 | 33530149266436 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |