The starspanning story of humanitys colonization of other planets Ursula K. Le Guins visionary Hainish novels and stories redrew the map of modern science fiction making it a rich field for literary explorations of the nature of human nature as Margaret Atwood has described Le Guins subject. Now for the first time the complete Hainish novels and stories are collected in a definitive twovolume Library of America edition with new introductions by the author. This first volume in a definitive twovolume edition gathers the first five Hainish novels Rocannons World in which an ethnologist sent to a bronzeage planet must help defeat an intergalactic enemy Planet of Exile the story of human colonists stranded on a planet that is slowly killing them City of Illusions which finds a future Earth ruled by the mysterious Shing and the Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning masterpieces The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessedas well as four short stories. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing and keeping permanently in print Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date authoritative editions that average 1000 pages in length feature cloth covers sewn bindings and ribbon markers and are printed on premium acidfree paper that will last for centuries. show more