Jan 2, 2010

Three Hainish Novels | Three Hainish Novels

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Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: 1964
Type of Work: Novels
Type of Plot: Science fiction—cultural exploration
Time of Work: A span of twelve hundred years, sometime in the future
Setting: Earth and two other planets within the League of All Worlds
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Earth
Locales: Earth, Fictional planets

The Plot

The three novels chronicle the beginning, middle, and end of a dark age for the League of All Worlds. An extragalactic invader destroys the League, not through superior firepower but by undermining bonds of trust and cooperation. Each novel dramatizes the evolution of telepathic skills that eventually will equip humanity and its ally HILFs (Higher Intelligence Life Forms) to repel the enemy’s attack on mind and culture.

In Rocannon’s World, the planet Formalhaut II, a League ally, comes under attack by a rebel group within the League. Rocannon sets...

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Three Hainish Novels | Three Hainish Novels

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The Plot

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