Ursula K. Le Guin Boeken

Centuries in the future, Terrans establish a logging colony and military base called "New Tahiti" on a tree-covered planet inhabited by small, green-furred beings whose culture revolves around lucid dreaming. The Terrans' greed disrupts the native society, which is rich in innocence and wisdom. Having learned interstellar travel from the Hainish, humans discover that they are part of a newly formed League of All Worlds, connected by an ansible after being isolated for years, 27 light years from home. This narrative unfolds after "The Dispossessed," where both the ansible and the League remain unrealized, and before "Planet of Exile," where settlers learn to coexist with natives. The story takes place in the 24th century, as Terran colonists invade the land known to its inhabitants as Athshe, meaning "forest," contrasting with Terra's focus on "dirt." Following a 19th-century model of colonization, they exploit the environment, enslave the indigenous people, and impose their ways without resistance. The natives, a subsistence race with no history of tyranny or war, struggle to comprehend this invasion. However, a single act of violence ignites a rebellion that transforms the lives of both the colonizers and the colonized forever.

Op de extreem koude planeet Winter belandt een gezant die als opdracht krijgt de bevolking over te halen lid te worden van een federatie van ruim 80 planeten.

Bevat: De vlinder Donkerroos en diamant Het gebeente van de aarde Op het hoge moer Meikever, vlieg... Translation of Tales From Earthsea

Zes middellange verhalen van diverse bekende auteurs, die aansluiten op hun fantasy-werelden, voorzien van korte inleidingen per wereld.

30 jaar van de beste science fiction en fantasyverhalen Gene Wolfe - De Dood Van Dokter Eiland Ursula K. Leguin De Dag Voor De Revolutie Harlan Ellison - Jeffty Is Vijf John Varley - De Vasthoudendheid Van Het Zicht George R.R. Martin - De Weg Van Het Kruis En De Draak Joanna Russ- Zielen Octaviana E. Butler - Bloedkind James Tiptree Jr.- Het Enige Coole Wat Je Kunt Doen Pat Murphy - Rachel Verliefd Lucius Shepard - De Mooie Dochter Van De Schubbenjager Terry Bison - De Beren Ontdekken Het Vuur John Kessel- Buffalo Connie Willis - Zelfs De Koningin John Crowley - Weg Bruce Sterling - Maneki Neko Greg Egan - Grenswachten Ted Chiang - De Hel Is De Afwezigheid Van God Neil Gaiman - Oktober In De Stoel

He is a full-grown man, alone in a dense forest, with no trail to show where he has come from and no memory to tell who or what he is. His eyes are not the eyes of a human. The forest people take him in and raise him, teaching him to speak, training him in the knowledge and lore of the forest, but they cannot solve the riddle of his past. At last, he sets out on a perilous quest to find his true self—and discovers a universe of danger. City of Illusions is a part of the acclaimed Hainish Cycle, set in a galaxy colonized hundreds of thousands of years ago by a variety of humanoid species. Since the golden age of the League of All Worlds, Earth, like the rest of the known worlds, has fallen to the Shing, who rule through subtle mind control. Scattered groups of humans endure in a state of paranoia and semibarbarism. Is there one who can stand against the Shing?

Elf beroemde auteurs schreven op verzoek van Robert Silverberg een sf-verhaal, dat speelt in een eerder door hen ontworpen universum. Deze bundel is een weergaloze ervaring voor kenners van het genre en voor wie wil kennismaken met nieuwe verre werelden.

A classic science fiction novel by one of the greatest writers of the genre, set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity. In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes. The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity's self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.