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Rocannon's World - Ursula K. Le Guin
Rocannon's World
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Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". 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... show more
Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". 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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Format: paperback
Publisher: Ace Science Fiction
Pages no: 156
Edition language: English
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Agnieszka Żak
Agnieszka Żak rated it
5.0 Powrót na planetę bez imienia
Świat Rocannona czytałam dwa lata temu, ale – podobnie jak w przypadku Ziemiomorza – wraz z kompletnym wydaniem cyklu od Prószyński i S-ka postanowiłam przeczytać wszystkie powieści z Ekumeny po kolei. Jak mówi prawo Clarke’a, „każda wystarczająco zaawansowana technologia jest nieodróżnialna od ma...
silvertongue
silvertongue rated it
4.0 Rocannon's World
4.5 starsReview coming when I stop crying.
http://fictionismagic.wordpress.com
http://fictionismagic.wordpress.com rated it
0.0 Rocannon's World / The Kar-Chee Reign
The only book I ever read in this series was the Dispossessed. I realized that I should really read the rest in the series as well. I love all of the science fiction and fantasy old-fashioned '70s covers. They're so crazy.
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it
3.0 Rocannons World
This was Ursula Le Guin's first novel, one of the books in her Hainish series that includes the famous Left Hand of Darkness. It's not anywhere near as impressive as that book or the first three Earthsea books, classics in science fiction and fantasy--but you can see glimmers of their promise here. ...
The Ninja Reader
The Ninja Reader rated it
3.0
I don't quite get this.
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