The Telling

Book 8 · Hainish Cycle

The Telling

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 2000Original language EN

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264
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about 5 h
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The Telling is a 2000 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her fictional universe of Hainish Cycle. The Telling is Le Guin's first full follow-up novel set in the Hainish Cycle since her novel The Dispossessed. It tells the story of Sutty, a Terran sent to be an Ekumen observer, on the planet Aka, and her experiences of political and religious conflicts between a corporatist government and the indigenous resistance, which is centered on the traditions of storytelling, locally referred to as "the Telling".

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Score per volume7 volumes on a timeline, 1966 to 2000 · Best-rated volume: The Dispossessed
  1. Rocannon's World
    Rocannon's World1966 · 224 ratings
    7.47.4 / 10
  2. Planet of Exile
    Planet of Exile1966 · 113 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  3. City of Illusions
    City of Illusions1967 · 97 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Left Hand of Darkness1969 · 1,399 ratingsStart here
    8.38.3 / 10
  5. The Dispossessed
    The Dispossessed1974 · 933 ratings
    8.58.5 / 10
  6. The Word for World Is Forest
    The Word for World Is Forest1972 · 313 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  7. The Telling
    The Telling2000 · 46 ratings · Not ranked yetThis book
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