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By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Part of series: The Hainish Cycle Part 1

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  • CategoryScience Fiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages258
  • Published1966
  • File size479 KB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780441732968

Key ideas from the book

  • The novel presents an imaginative far-future setting built around multiple worlds and civilizations.
  • It offers an early example of Ursula K. Le Guin’s science-fiction writing.
  • The book is relevant to readers interested in cultural contact and differences between societies.
  • It provides an entry point into Le Guin’s broader Hainish setting.
  • Its 1960s publication places it within the development of modern classic science fiction.

About Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin

Published in 1966, Rocannon’s World is an early science-fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin and part of her wider Hainish setting. It introduces a far-future universe shaped by contact between different worlds and civilizations.

Readers interested in classic science fiction, Le Guin’s developing ideas about culture and planetary societies, or the beginnings of the Hainish Cycle will find this PDF a useful place to start. Its period also makes it valuable for readers studying the development of modern science fiction.

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