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This is a rough proposed chronology for the works in the [[Ekumen series]]. The chronology is estimated, as [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] has not published an "official" timeline. | This is a rough proposed chronology for the works in the [[Ekumen series]]. The chronology is estimated, as [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] has not published an "official" timeline. | ||
'''Pre-League of Worlds''' | |||
* Date missing several 100 year before The Dispossessed [[The Day Before the Revolution]] | |||
* c.2300 CE / LY -50 / EY ? - ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' | * c.2300 CE / LY -50 / EY ? - ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' | ||
'''League of Worlds''' | |||
* c.2368 CE / LY 18 / EY ? - ''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]'' | * c.2368 CE / LY 18 / EY ? - ''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]'' | ||
* c.2684 CE / LY 334 / EY ? - ''[[Rocannon's World]]'' | * c.2684 CE / LY 334 / EY ? - ''[[Rocannon's World]]'' | ||
'''Post-League of Worlds, but Pre-Ekumen''' | |||
* c.3755 CE / LY 1405 / EY ? - ''[[Planet of Exile]]'' | * c.3755 CE / LY 1405 / EY ? - ''[[Planet of Exile]]'' | ||
'''Ekumen''' | |||
* c.4370 CE / LY 2020 / EY ? - ''[[City of Illusions]]'' | * c.4370 CE / LY 2020 / EY ? - ''[[City of Illusions]]'' | ||
* c.4670 CE / LY 2520 / EY 1491- ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' | * c.4670 CE / LY 2520 / EY 1491- ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' | ||
* date unknown [[The Telling]] (note some of the discription of [[Terra (Ekumen)|earth]] flatly contradicts thing in [[City of Illusions]]) | |||
* date unknown [[Coming of Age in Karhide]] | |||
* date unknown [[Winter's King]] (post The Left Hand of Darkness) | |||
* date unknown [[The Matter of Seggri]] | |||
* date unknown [[Unchosen Love]] (this and the next could take place at anytime [[O (planet)|O]] being quite unchanging) | |||
* date unknown [[Mountain Ways]] | |||
''[[Werel]] and [[Yeowe]]'' (These are undated but are listed in chronological order within themselves) | |||
* [[Betrayals]] | |||
* [[Forgiveness Day]] | |||
* [[A Man of the People]] | |||
* [[A Woman's Liberation]] | |||
* [[Old Music and the Slave Women]] | |||
''Churten'' (These are undated but are listed in chronological order within themselves) | |||
* [[The Shobies' Story]] | |||
* [[Dancing to Ganam]] | |||
* [[Another Story OR A Fisherman of the Inland Sea]] | |||
==Key== | |||
: CE = Common Era (aka "AD") | : CE = Common Era (aka "AD") | ||
: LY = League Year | : LY = League Year | ||
Latest revision as of 11:44, 16 May 2007
This is a rough proposed chronology for the works in the Ekumen series. The chronology is estimated, as Ursula K. Le Guin has not published an "official" timeline.
Pre-League of Worlds
- Date missing several 100 year before The Dispossessed The Day Before the Revolution
- c.2300 CE / LY -50 / EY ? - The Dispossessed
League of Worlds
- c.2368 CE / LY 18 / EY ? - The Word for World Is Forest
- c.2684 CE / LY 334 / EY ? - Rocannon's World
Post-League of Worlds, but Pre-Ekumen
- c.3755 CE / LY 1405 / EY ? - Planet of Exile
Ekumen
- c.4370 CE / LY 2020 / EY ? - City of Illusions
- c.4670 CE / LY 2520 / EY 1491- The Left Hand of Darkness
- date unknown The Telling (note some of the discription of earth flatly contradicts thing in City of Illusions)
- date unknown Coming of Age in Karhide
- date unknown Winter's King (post The Left Hand of Darkness)
- date unknown The Matter of Seggri
- date unknown Unchosen Love (this and the next could take place at anytime O being quite unchanging)
- date unknown Mountain Ways
Werel and Yeowe (These are undated but are listed in chronological order within themselves)
Churten (These are undated but are listed in chronological order within themselves)
Key
- CE = Common Era (aka "AD")
- LY = League Year
- EY = Ekumen Year
Notes
- Ian Watson, 1975 March, Science Fiction Studies, proposed chronology for first six novels.Article