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The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1969
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 4
Score: 8/10

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A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters…

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0100

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1967
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 3
Score: 7/10

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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from and no memory to tell who — or what — he was. His eyes were not the eyes of a human. The forest people took him in and raised him almost as a child, teaching him to speak, training him in forest lore, giving him all the knowledge they had. But they could not solve the riddle of his past, and at last he had to set out on a perilous quest to Es Toch, the City of the Shining, the Liars of Earth, the Enemy of Mankind. There he would find his true self … and a universe of danger.

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel’s years are over 600 terrestrial years.

The lonely & dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter –a season that lasts for 15 years– the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches & call the farborns.

Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0100

Rocannon’s World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 1
Score: 7/10

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A world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this new world - and finds that legends grow around him even as he fights.