The Word for World is Forest: The Best of the SF Masterworks - Softcover

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1399607790 ISBN 13: 9781399607797

Publisher: Gollancz, 2022

Synopsis

Grand Master Ursula K. Le Guin's HUGO AWARD-winning tale of colonisation and oppression.

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About the Author

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

From the Back Cover

A world of peaceful aliens conquered by 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 to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans' culture.

And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.

Winner of the 1973 Hugo award for Best Novella, and nominated for many others, The Word for World is Forest is part of Le Guin's 'Hainish Cycle'. It explores a future history of Earth and pacifistic ideals in its depictions of violence, colonialism and resistance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399607790
• ISBN 13: 9781399607797
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128