amita reviewed Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
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4 stars
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Rocannon's World (1972, Tandem)
122 pages
Published March 21, 1972 by Tandem.
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world and finds that legends grow around him as he fights.
baby ursula taking her first steps
Comme c'est une véritable découverte : de cette histoire de science fiction, de l'auteure et de tout cet univers; le début de ma lecture a été un peu laborieux car j'ai dû me familiariser avec le vocabulaire spécifique à cette ambiance stellaire. Après ça... c'était que du plaisir et je me réjouis de lire la suite.