THE TELLING

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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First edition

New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt, Inc., 2000 . Octavo, boards. First edition. Anthropological science fiction in her Hainish cycle. There are two dystopias, one religious and one scientific and anti-religious. The latter is trying to suppress the traditional culture on its planet, which is centered around the Telling, an extremely complex set of stories that provide a guide to most aspects of life on the planet. This

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