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[[Image:LeGuin-WordWorldForest-200px.jp|thumb|right|125px|Cover of --? edition]] | |||
'''The Word for World Is Forest''' is a novel / novella in the [[Ekumen universe]] / Hainish cycle, set in the time of the [[League of Worlds]]. The original novella was published in 1972, and a novel based on the novella and of the same title was published in 1976. | |||
Some centuries in the future, humans from Earth have established an imperialistic colony on a planet, called Athshe ("forest") by the native inhabitants, and called "New Tahiti" by the humans. The colonists exploit Athshe and the Athsheans, mining and logging the planet and enslaving the Athsheans. After one native woman is raped and dies, her husband, Selver, becomes a revolutionary. | |||
[[category:Hugo Award winning novellas|Word for World Is Forest, The]] | [[category:Hugo Award winning novellas|Word for World Is Forest, The]] | ||
[[category:Ekumen]] | [[category:Ekumen]] | ||
[[Category:1972 publications]] | |||
[[Category: 1976 publications]] | [[Category: 1976 publications]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:02, 10 September 2007
The Word for World Is Forest is a novel / novella in the Ekumen universe / Hainish cycle, set in the time of the League of Worlds. The original novella was published in 1972, and a novel based on the novella and of the same title was published in 1976.
Some centuries in the future, humans from Earth have established an imperialistic colony on a planet, called Athshe ("forest") by the native inhabitants, and called "New Tahiti" by the humans. The colonists exploit Athshe and the Athsheans, mining and logging the planet and enslaving the Athsheans. After one native woman is raped and dies, her husband, Selver, becomes a revolutionary.
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