Ekumen chronology
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.
- c.2300 CE / LY -50 / EY ? - The Dispossessed
- c.2368 CE / LY 18 / EY ? - The Word for World is Forest
- c.2684 CE / LY 334 / EY ? - Rocannon's World
- c.3755 CE / LY 1405 / EY ? - Planet of Exile
- c.4370 CE / LY 2020 / EY ? - City of Illusions
- c.4670 CE / LY 2520 / EY 1491- The Left Hand of Darkness
- 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