2009 Reading #37: Planet of Exile
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
31. Dôra, Doralina by Rachel de Queiroz.
32. The Mercenaries by Donald E. Westlake.
33. A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter.
34. Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (Part One of the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox).
35. Saint Paul: The First 150 Years by Virginia Brainard Kunz.
36. The Story of the Stone by Barry Hughart (Part Two of the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox).
37. Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin. It turns out that other than The Left Hand of Darkness, all my reading of the Hainish Cycle has been from the short stories. I'm pretty sure Planet is short enough to be a novella, but it's packed full of goodness, and as far as I can tell it hasn't lost a step since it was published in 1966. I particularly admire the way Le Guin grounds the reader in an alien setting with an economy of description, and comes back to that setting throughout. That and, of course, her trademark pragmatic humanism. Good stuff.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
31. Dôra, Doralina by Rachel de Queiroz.
32. The Mercenaries by Donald E. Westlake.
33. A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter.
34. Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (Part One of the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox).
35. Saint Paul: The First 150 Years by Virginia Brainard Kunz.
36. The Story of the Stone by Barry Hughart (Part Two of the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox).
37. Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin. It turns out that other than The Left Hand of Darkness, all my reading of the Hainish Cycle has been from the short stories. I'm pretty sure Planet is short enough to be a novella, but it's packed full of goodness, and as far as I can tell it hasn't lost a step since it was published in 1966. I particularly admire the way Le Guin grounds the reader in an alien setting with an economy of description, and comes back to that setting throughout. That and, of course, her trademark pragmatic humanism. Good stuff.