Hainish Cycle Series

This collection of standalone yet interconnected science fiction novels explores diverse cultures and societies across the cosmos. Each story offers a unique perspective on humanity spreading between the stars and encountering unknown civilizations. The focus is on social commentary, anthropological exploration, and complex interpersonal relationships. The series provides profound reflections on the nature of identity, communication, and the future of humankind.

La nuit en vérité. Nacht der Wahrheit, französische Ausgabe

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La nuit en vérité. Nacht der Wahrheit, französische Ausgabe
Véronique Olmi
264 pages
10 hours of reading
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Liouba vit avec son fils dans un grand appartement de la rue de Rivoli, deserte par ses proprietaires toujours en deplacement, ou elle est femme de menage. Eleve en sixieme, Enzo est le bouc emissaire de ses camardes. Trop different, trop gros, trop silencieux. Bientot, le harcelement scolaire devient lynchage, et la vie du collegien bascule... A travers la relation forte et fragile entre une mere trop jeune et un fils au seuil de l'adolescence, qui vivent chacun a leur facon l'experience de l'exclusion et de la detresse interieure, Veronique Olmi renoue avec la tension narrative de Bord de mer, cette amplitude romanesque ou la retenue, l'emotion et la brutalite forment une ronde parfaite. A la fois realiste et poetique, La Nuit en verite nous conduit avec talent vers la lumiere. Evelyne Bloch-Dano, Le Magazine litteraire.
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Rocannon's World
Ursula K. Le Guin
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A world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this new world - and finds that legends grow around him even as he fights.
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City of Illusions
Ursula K. Le Guin
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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from and no memory to tell who — or what — he was. His eyes were not the eyes of a human. The forest people took him in and raised him almost as a child, teaching him to speak, training him in forest lore, giving him all the knowledge they had. But they could not solve the riddle of his past, and at last he had to set out on a perilous quest to Es Toch, the City of the Shing, the Liars of Earth, the Enemy of Mankind. There he would find his true self... and a universe of danger.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
304 pages
11 hours of reading
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50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters... Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.
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The Word for World Is Forest
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.1(1989)Add rating
When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the 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, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.
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The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
336 pages
12 hours of reading
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One of the very best must-read novels of all time'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER
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Four Ways to Forgiveness
Ursula K. Le Guin
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A collection of four linked novellas. Two planets - Werel, a slave-owning oligarchy and Yeowe, its colony - are destined for revolution after contact with the sophisticated Ekumen civilization. But one form of oppression can too easily give way to another, and so a new fight for equality begins.
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The telling
Ursula K. Le Guin
231 pages
9 hours of reading
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After receiving permission to leave the modern city where she is closely monitored, Sutty travels up the river into the countryside where she experiences a more peaceful life.
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The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin
384 pages
14 hours of reading
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'Her most important book since ALWAYS COMING HOME and her most satisfactory collection since her first, the brilliant, THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. A formidable and rewarding work, a prime candidate for best SF collection of the year. An essential book.' LOCUS Six of the eight piece are set in Le Guin's classic Hainish cycle. The title story, 'The Birthday of the World', stands alone and the final piece, 'Paradises Lost', is a new short novel original to the collection, a major addition to the generation starship subgenre of science fiction.
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.
Rybak znad Morza Wewnętrznego
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Rybak znad Morza Wewnętrznego to trzeci ? po Ziemiomorzu i Sześciu światach Hain� tom dzieł Ursuli K. Le GuinW jego skład wchodzą cztery zbiory opowiadań: Wszystkie strony świata, Rybak znad Morza Wewnętrznego, Cztery drogi ku przebaczeniu, Urodziny Świata, oraz powieść Opowiadanie Świata.Zbi�r Rybak znad Morza Wewnętrznego ukazuje się w Polsce po raz pierwszy! Autorka ponownie odwiedza stworzony przez siebie wszechświat Ekumeny oraz Ziemiomorze, ale nie tylko. Tematyka zawartych w nim opowiadań zaskakuje r�żnorodnością i siłą wyrazu, świadczącymi zar�wno o mistrzostwie wybitnej pisarki, znajdującej się u szczytu możliwości tw�rczych, jak i o humanizmie dojrzałej artystki, kt�ra stawia czoło światu, nie utraciwszy nic ze swojego daru zachwycania się i zdumiewania nim.
Sześć światów Hain
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Po raz pierwszy w jednym tomie!"Sześć światów" Hain Ursuli K. Le Guin to jeden z najznakomitszych cykli literatury science fiction. Akcja rozgrywa się w świecie Ekumeny, w której Liga Wszystkich Światów jednoczy planety zasiedlone przez potomków starożytnej rasy Hain. W skład zbioru wchodzą:... číst celé
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Ursula K. Le Guin
384 pages
14 hours of reading
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The first three novels set in Ursula K. Le Guin's famed Hainish universe, together in one volume.