Rocannonin maailma

180 pages

Published July 10, 2010 by Avain.

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Mielikuvituksen mestarin esikoisteos ja Hain-romaanien ensimmäinen osa, joka on lumonnut jo monia lukijoiden sukupolvia.

Mielikuvituksen mestari Le Guin on lumonnut monta lukijoiden sukupolvea. Hänen esikoisteoksensa Rocannonin maailma kuuluu Hain-romaanien sarjaan, josta aiemmin on suomennettu teokset Pimeyden vasen käsi, Osattomien planeetta, Maailma, vihreä metsä sekä Kahdesti haarautuva puu.

Rocannonin maailma on seikkailullinen kertomus kaukaiselta planeetalta. Inhimillisyys, rohkeus ja vapaudenhalu punnitaan, kun miehittäjä alistaa älykkäitä ihmisenkaltaisia olentoja.

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Least-favorite LeGuin

3 stars

Ansible—the open-source “infrastructure as code” tool—borrowed its name from this novel.

In the story, an ansible is a faster-than-light (FTL) communication device—words typed on one ansible appear instantaneously light-years away.

This factoid was chief among my reasons for reading this book.

I also read it for completeness sake—“Rocannon’s World” is the first novel in the Hainish Cycle—Ursula K. Le Guin’s epic future history, which includes one of my all-time favorite books: “The Dispossessed.”

But this was my least-favorite Le Guin story I’ve read thus far (although that’s a high bar).

The story was nothing more than your average 1960s sci-fi/bronze-aged castles with flying cats mashup.

While that sounds exciting, the actual book was slow.

There needed to be more plot for such a plot-driven story.

Plot

I ride with Olhor, who seeks to hear his enemy’s voice, who has traveled through the great dark, who has seen the World hang …