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As a long winter approaches, outsiders threaten both of the planet's human civilizations, native and offworld immigrant. Lifecycle-long years and established offworld settlers combine to create a speculative premise that informs every aspect of the book: worldbuilding, social structure, point of view, plot, resolution; and while that last is too neat, it's just so satisfying to see concise worldbuilding with significant ramifications. The character dynamics operated within that are nearly absent, certainly underwritten--but I suspect this is exacerbated by audio narration. But Le Guin's voice, powerful and sparse and precise, carefully balancing organic daily detail against larger speculative elements, is a sheer delight and offset other weaknesses. I see flaws here, but they don't particularly bother me; this is just what I wanted it to be.

mysteriousnorse's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 Stars
Another nice, short Hainish Cycle novel, though the ending isn't as impactful. I liked the ideas presented about the development of hate and prejudice as well as the way to limit them. I will say this took me longer to get into as I navigated the three points of view, but I really enjoyed the first half or so. Once it gets to the siege at the end, it gets a little more loose, and though well planned out, my interest dropped off a bit. I still enjoyed the read, but not quite as much as the mini-epic [b:Rocannon's World|92610|Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle, #1)|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1300039756l/92610._SY75_.jpg|1357368].

markusgmg's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

javi_carnadine's review against another edition

4.0

Si bien es de las primeras historias de ciencia ficción de la soa Ursula, ya se puede ver como toma forma su estilo narrativo. Hay una reflexión de lo que es ser una cultura externa inmersa en otro mundo, el como cada grupo se identifica como los verdaderos humanos, alienando al otro. Y por fin aparece un personaje femenino relevante, Rolery, que permitió una cierta aproximación a algo romántico? Creo? El romance no es el fuerte de la soa Ursula (si mejora harto en El Cumpleaños del Mundo) pero se aprecia que haya añadido ese factor.

Es una buena historia, con una arista antropologica y de aventura. Me gustaría saber más de este mundo, que pasó con los habitantes del planeta. Finalmente se mezclaron? Lograron que sus culturas se acercaran?

teadragon22's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pammerhammer's review against another edition

4.0

I liked [b:Rocannon's World|92610|Rocannon's World|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1300039756l/92610._SY75_.jpg|1357368] a bit better than this one. While i liked the world building and the conflict of "wait, which one of us are 'men' and which are the aliens?" I thought the relationship between Rolery and Agat didn't make much sense to me. But the overall conflict against the natives and the Gaal was well done.