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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]]'' | ||
'''Ekmen''' | |||
* 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 in order within themselves) | |||
* [[Betrayals]] | |||
* [[Forgiveness Day]] | |||
* [[A Man of the People]] | |||
* [[A Woman's Liberation]] | |||
* [[Old Music and the Slave Women]] | |||
''Churten'' (These in order within themselves) | |||
* [[The Shobies' Story]] | |||
* [[Dancing to Ganam]] | |||
* [[Another Story OR A Fisherman of the Inland Sea]] | |||
: CE = Common Era (aka "AD") | : CE = Common Era (aka "AD") | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 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
Ekmen
- 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 in order within themselves)
Churten (These in order within themselves)
- 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