Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions
1966 • 383 pages
Ratings27
Average rating3.7
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Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions
Ratings27
Average rating3.7
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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9 primary books13 released booksHainish Cycle is a 13-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1966 with contributions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Katarzyna Staniewska, and Agnieszka Sylwanowicz.
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Rocannon's World is interesting. LeGuin maintains a fairy tale quality of sorts while setting the story in a high science-fiction world, complete with FTL ships and ansibles. The combination is almost dream-like and provocative, but unfortunately falls into LeGuin's most common flaw – a slowness that makes the book hard to want to pick up and difficult to concentrate once you have.
Pre-Star Wars sci-fi has a nobler feeling than more contemporary stuff even if it drags a little more. Nobody in this book is trying to be a version of Han Solo and that's a good thing. Le Guin rules
