Worlds of Exile and Illusion

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 0765397668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Worlds of Exile and Illusion contains three novels in the Hainish Series from Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the greatest science fiction writers and many times the winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her career as a novelist was launched by the three novels contained here. These books, Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, and City of Illusions, are set in the same universe as Le Guin's groundbreaking classic, The Left Hand of Darkness. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

City Of Illusions

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473205867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'A tour de force' EVENING STANDARD 'A wonderfully mordant analyst of human weakness' Martin Amis Earth, like the rest of the Known Worlds, has fallen to the Shing. Scattered here and there, small groups of humans live in a state of semi-barbarism. They have lost the skills, science and knowledge that had been Earth's in the golden age of the League of Worlds, and whenever a colony of humans tries to rekindle the embers of a half-forgotten technology, the Shing, with their strange, mindlying power, crush them out. There is one man who can stand against the malign Shing, but he is an alien with amber eyes and must first prove to paranoid humanity that he himself is not a creature of the Shing.

Rocannon's World

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441732944
Category : Life on other planets
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description

Planet of Exile

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Threatened by an army of nomadic tribesmen, the Tevar colony and their enemies the farborns must form an alliance to survive the war and the fifteen-year-long winter of their isolated planet.

The Word for World is Forest

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 142998354X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
The award-winning masterpiece by one of today's most honored writers, Ursula K. Le Guin! The Word for World is Forest 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Rocannon's World

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473205840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS 'A tour de force' EVENING STANDARD Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world - and finds that legends grow around him as he fights.

Four Ways to Forgiveness

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575108266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
'Le Guin's words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS 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. 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.

The Lathe Of Heaven

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668014963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
With a new introduction by Kelly Link, the Locus Award-winning science fiction novel by legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in a world where one man’s dreams rewrite the future. During a time racked by war and environmental catastrophe, George Orr discovers his dreams alter reality. George is compelled to receive treatment from Dr. William Haber, an ambitious sleep psychiatrist who quickly grasps the immense power George holds. After becoming adept at manipulating George’s dreams to reshape the world, Haber seeks the same power for himself. George—with some surprising help—must resist Haber’s attempts, which threaten to destroy reality itself. A classic of the science fiction genre, The Lathe of Heaven is prescient in its exploration of the moral risks when overwhelming power is coupled with techno-utopianism.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062471031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.

Limit of Vision

Author: Linda Nagata
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765342119
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
A beautiful young scientist lies dead in a top-secret laboratory, the victim of an illegal experiment with the forbidden nanotechnology of intelligent organisms living at the limits of human vision. In Vietnam, a journalist probes a mysterious cult rumored to have awesome powers. As factions across the globe race to control this strange creation, a new stage in evolution is about to begin high above the Earth. (July)