Ursula K. Le Guin
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| Original Title: | The Word for World Is Forest |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hainish Cycle #5 |
| Characters: | Dr. Raj Lyubov - human ecologist, Captain Don Davidson, Selver Thele - Athshean |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novella (1973), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (1972), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novella (1973) |
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Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahiti" on a tree-covered planet whose small, green-furred, big-eyed inhabitants have a culture centered on lucid dreaming. Terran greed spirals around native innocence & wisdom, overturning the ancient society.Humans have learned interstellar travel from the Hainish (the origin-planet of all humanoid races, including Athsheans). Various planets have been expanding independently, but during the novel it's learned that the League of All Worlds has been formed. News arrives via an ansible, a new discovery. Previously they had been cut off, 27 light years from home.
The story occurs after The Dispossessed, where both the ansible & the League of Worlds are unrealised. Also well before Planet of Exile, where human settlers have learned to coexist. The 24th century has been suggested.
Terran colonists take over the planet locals call Athshe, meaning "forest," rather than "dirt," like their home planet Terra. They follow the 19th century model of colonization: felling trees, planting farms, digging mines & enslaving indigenous peoples. The natives are unequipped to comprehend this. They're a subsistence race who rely on the forests & have no cultural precedent for tyranny, slavery or war. The invaders take their land without resistance until one fatal act sets rebellion in motion & changes the people of both worlds forever.
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| Title | : | The Word for World is Forest (Hainish Cycle #5) |
| Author | : | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | May 15th 1989 (first published March 17th 1972) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Speculative Fiction. Classics. Novels |
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My friend Josh described this as the book James Cameron ripped off to make Avatar, to which I replied, "Can you really rip off imperialist guilt? Also, hello, dragons." While I stand by both of those assertions, Cameron clearly lifted heavily from this book, so, ok Josh, you at least half win. Like basically all suckers for the Pocahontas trope, though, Cameron failed to grasp the central irony of said trope, namely that it redeems the oppressor while continuing to rob the oppressed of theirAnother excellent instalment in the Hainish Cycle. Ursula le Guin has become one of my favourite authors ever despite the fact that none of her writing has really astounded me. There is just something about each one of her books that makes them both enjoyable and thought-provoking.Also, this book has proto-ewoks.
Pop Sugar Challenge 2020 A book with more than 20 letters in the titleSo good! Definitely more character driven and concept based. A typical story of cruel colonizers but with the added back drop of different species of humans at different stages in their evolution meeting on a distant planet. Really enjoyed the exploration of the different species of humans. I believe the hilfs were considered to be the younger species. The Hainish were considered to be the older and more advanced species that
I had to sit with this one a bit before reviewing. A hard-hitting look at imperialism, humanity and the appropriate use of violence, once again Le Guin manages to distill everything into a perfect clarity that is at once easy to follow and vastly complex.CONTENT WARNING: (no actual spoilers, just a list of topics) (view spoiler)[mentions of graphic rape, slavery, genocide, graphic violence, casual racism and sexism. (hide spoiler)]Things to love:The writing. As usual, Le Guin is absolutely
Wow. Ms. Le Guin never fails to deliver.There were a few over-the-top characterizations, but considering the era that she wrote this, and the points she was making, they aren't necessarily bad moves by the writer. (view spoiler)[I particularly liked the point in the climax, when our hero decides his gift to Davidson will be to let him live, for the poetic justice as well as the contrast of the two aspects of humanity. (hide spoiler)]=====Part of Seasonal Reading Challenge 2018 Fall/ᴛᴜᴍ Task
This heres another book-club read. Because I didnt pick it, I came into this short novel with almost no expectations, which is always a nice way to begin a book; for when you have no expectations, everything good tastes sweeter, and everything bad less bitter. Le Guins little parable was a pleasant surprise. She is a fine writer, especially when she is describing scenery. Her prose is not workmanlike, but generally well crafted. I also found it pleasant that she switched her narrators
I've come to regard Ursula K. Le Guin very highly and think she's become one of my favourite authors. Her stories are beautiful and deep and always touch me in a way that is hard to describe. For any who've yet to pick up one of her novels, I can't recommend her work enough.The different perspectives given in this story are so contrary and the light it sheds so illuminating. The conflict is unavoidable and the reactions are sometimes so misguided but always completely believable. One of the
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