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The Telling

Hainish Cycle, Book 8

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The Telling

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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From award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a highly anticipated addition to her acclaimed Hainish cycle, “a social anthropology of the future, fascinating and utterly believable.” (Peter S. Beagle)

Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth named Sutty has learned of a group of outcasts who live in the wilderness.

They still believe in the ancient ways and still practice its lost religion—the Telling. Intrigued by their beliefs, Sutty joins them on a sacred pilgrimage into the mountains … and into the dangerous terrain of her own heart, mind, and soul.

©2000 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2024 Recorded Books Dystopian Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Heartfelt
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If you like the series, this is another good one. New planet new problems, you know how it is.

Another thoughtful story

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I have listened to three of Le Guin’s science fiction works, including her most popular, The Left-Hand of Darkness, and although the thought experiments are equally provoking, it is the nuance and development of the characters that outshines the others.

Her best work in the Hainish Cycle

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