Rocannon's World
- 140
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Rocannon’s World”, Le Guin’s debut novel, is a short quest across an alien planet that pairs adventure with a reflective streak. At about 140 pages it is a quick way to meet the universe several of her later novels share. Some readers find the opening confusing and say the story improves steadily from there. A good pick for anyone curious about where her science fiction began.
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About the book
Rocannon's World is a science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her debut novel. Published in 1966, it appeared as an Ace Double novel alongside Avram Davidson's The Kar-Chee Reign. The novel is one of several of Le Guin's works that take place in the same universe and have relationships among characters and history, works that readers have termed the Hainish Cycle.
Reading order · Hainish Cycle
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 224 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 60% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 14 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 210 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Rocannon's World?
It has 140 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Classics.
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