Word for World Forest - Softcover
The colonizing earthmen's persistent exploitation and abuse of the Athsheans' delicately balanced culture and ecology forebode extraterrestrial genocide or vengeful rebellion
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Ursula K. Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929. Her novels include Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions, and The Left Hand of Darkness. With the awarding of the 1975 Hugo and Nebula Awards to The Dispossessed, she became the first author to win both awards twice for novels. Le Guin lives in Portland, Oregon.
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“Le Guin writes in quiet, straightforward sentences about people who feel they are being torn apart by massive forces in society― technological, political, economic―and who fight courageously to remain whole.” ―The New York Times Book Review
“Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. L e Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own.” ―The Boston Globe
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- PublisherPenguin Adult HC/TR
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0399117164
- ISBN 13 9780399117169
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages189
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, from a personal collection. 1976, this is the 1st printing of the 1st edition (first appeared in the anthology "Again, Dangerous Visions" edited by Harlan Ellison and released in 1972; won the Hugo Award for Best Short Novel in 1973). Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation and distributed by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 189pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page 15/16 has a small bit of discoloration at bottom outer corner, otherwise book is pretty much near fine. Book jacket design by Richard M. Powers. Dust jacket has price of $6.95 on inner flap. DJ has minor general edge and shelfwear, light sunning to spine, and a few small tears at head and heel of spine. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 315766
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