Rocannon's World

This is Le Guin's first published novel, and the beginning of what later became known as the Hainish Cycle. It has a prologue which takes place many years before the rest of the novel. The prologue was originally released as a short story, and reads like one. The book as a whole is not a great book, but it is entertaining, sort of a mix between fantasy and science fiction. It has a mythic journey with beings that are like elves and dwarves, and introduces such concepts as the Ekumen, known here as the League of All Worlds, and the ansible, the instantaneous faster than light communication device. I enjoyed the book, but this was not her best. This book was part of a collection of her first three Hainish books.

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