The Telling

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TitleThe Telling
Year for Search2000
AuthorsLe Guin, Ursula K[roeber](1929-2018)
Date Published2000
PublisherHarcourt
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

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 culture is a flawed or ambiguous utopia because the attempts to suppress it meant that it could not incorporate new knowledge and because in the past one part of the planet had used it for power rather than enlightenment.
Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Gollancz, 2000. Rpt. in Hainish Novels & Stories Volume Two. The World for Word Is Forest Stories Five Ways to Forgiveness The Telling. Ed. Brian Attebery (New York: Library of America, 2017), 589-750 with a “Note on the Text” (781) and “Notes (787-89).
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Author Note

Female author (1929-2018)
Full Text

2000 Le Guin, Ursula K[roeber] (1929-2018). The Telling. New York: Harcourt. U.K. ed. London: Gollancz, 2000. . Rpt. in Hainish Novels & Stories Volume Two. The World for Word Is Forest Stories Five Ways to Forgiveness The Telling. Ed. Brian Attebery (New York: Library of America, 2017), 589-750 with a “Note on the Text” (781) and “Notes (787-89). PSt

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 culture is a flawed or ambiguous utopia because the attempts to suppress it meant that it could not incorporate new knowledge and because in the past one part of the planet had used it for power rather than enlightenment. Female author.