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The Word for World is Forest

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The Word for World is Forest

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Author:	Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher:	Gollancz, 2015 Berkley Publishing Group, 1972
Series:	Hainish Cycle: Book 6
0. Mountain Ways 0. The Matter of Seggri 0. Unchosen Love 0. The Day Before the Revolution 0. Solitude 0. The Shobies' Story 0. Another Story or a Fisherman of the Inland Sea 0. Vaster Than Empires and More Slow 0. Winter's King 0. Coming of Age in Karhide 1. Rocannon's World 2. Planet of Exile 3. City of Illusions 4. The Left Hand of Darkness 5. The Dispossessed 6. The Word for World is Forest 7. The Telling
Book Type:	Novella
Genre:	Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags:	First Contact Hard SF Colonization
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Synopsis

The colonizing earthmen's persistent exploitation and abuse of the Athsheans' delicately balanced culture and ecology forebode extraterrestrial genocide or vengeful rebellion.

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