Rocannon's World

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The first of Ursula Le Guin's famed Hainish novels - set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed.
'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES

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'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.

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About the author

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea have attained undisputed classic status; and her recent series, the Annals of the Western Shore, has won her the PEN Center USA Children's literature award and the Nebula Award for best novel. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lived in Portland, Oregon, until she passed away in January 2018.

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ISBN: 9781473205840

Format: eBook

Publication Date: 01/10/2015

Imprint: Gateway