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Le Guin's first published work was the poem "Folksong from the Montayna Province" in 1959, while her first short story was "An die Musik", in 1961; both were set in her fictional country of Orsinia. Her first professional publication was the short story "April in Paris" in 1962, while her first published novel was Rocannon's World , released by ...
The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.It is set in a future history in which civilizations of human beings on planets orbiting a number of nearby stars, including Terra ("Earth"), are contacting each other for the first time and establishing diplomatic relations, and setting up a confederacy under the guidance of the oldest of the ...
Four Ways to Forgiveness is a collection of four short stories and novellas by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.All four stories are set in the future and deal with the planets Yeowe and Werel, both members of the Ekumen, a collective of planets used by Le Guin as part of the background for many novels and short stories in her Hainish Cycle.
The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the United States in 1972 as a part of the anthology Again, Dangerous Visions, and published as a separate book in 1976 by Berkley Books. It is part of Le Guin's Hainish Cycle.
The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction. [7]
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin.Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001).
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər l ə ˈ ɡ w ɪ n / KROH-bər lə GWIN; [1] née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author.She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series.
City of Illusions is a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.It is set on Earth in the distant future, and is part of her Hainish Cycle. City of Illusions lays the foundation for the Hainish cycle which is a fictional universe in which the majority of Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction novels take place.