{"product_id":"9781598535372","title":"Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, a deluxe collector's edition of the pathbreaking novels and stories that reinvented science fiction, with new introductions by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn such visionary masterworks as the Nebula and Hugo Award winners \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, Ursula K. Le Guin redrew the map of modern science fiction, imagining a galactic confederation of human colonies founded by the planet Hain, an array of worlds whose divergent societies—the result of both evolution and genetic engineering—allow her to speculate on what is intrinsic in human nature. Now, for the first time, the complete Hainish novels and stories are collected in a deluxe two-volume Library of America boxed set, with new introductions by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume one gathers the first five Hainish novels: \u003ci\u003eRocannon’s World\u003c\/i\u003e, in which an ethnologist sent to a bronze-age planet must help defeat an intergalactic enemy; \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of human colonists stranded on a planet that is slowly killing them; \u003ci\u003eCity of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, which finds a future Earth ruled by the mysterious Shing; and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as four short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume two presents Le Guin’s final two Hainish novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Word for World Is Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Earth enslaves another planet to strip its natural resources, and \u003ci\u003eThe Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, the harrowing story of a society which has suppressed its own cultural heritage. Rounding out the volume are seven short stories and the story suite \u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e, published here in full for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe endpapers feature Le Guin's own hand-drawn map of Gethen, the planet that is the setting for \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, and a full-color chart of the known worlds of Hainish descent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049050849520,"sku":"9781598535372","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598535372_p0.jpg?v=1763810650","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598535372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}