Classics on the Side: Rocannon’s World, by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Join us to discuss “Rocannon’s World” by Ursula K. Le Guin. This classic fantasy novel was published in 1966 and is the first novel in Le Guin’s Hainish Cycle.

Book synopsis from Amazon:

Rocannon, a scientist from the League of All Worlds, is conducting an ethnological survey on Fomalhaut II, a planet inhabited by three distinct humanoid races. When a fleet of alien ships invades the planet, Rocannon's research team is killed, and his spaceship is destroyed. Marooned and the sole survivor, he must lead the planet's primitive inhabitants in a fight against the invaders. His goal is to reach the enemy's base, use their ansible to send a message to the League, and secure help for the beleaguered world.