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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
I insisted on starting in the beginning of the Hainish Cycle despite what commentary online said, but I was wrong. I will try some of Le Guin’s later work. Her writing is beautiful but I just can’t get into the stories here.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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
Planet of Exile does something amazing with cultural differences between civilizations. There is a fundamental alienness, a shifting of boundaries and mores when the colonists and the natives encounter one another. Things that cannot be surmounted, and things that they must try. This story of resource competition and accidental bonding is hard to put down.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
While this is my least favorite of the Hainish Cycle that I’ve read so far, it has its own kind of beauty.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
reflective
tense
Anthropology - check. World-building - check. Beautiful - check. Heartwarming - check.
However, Planet of Exile still lacks the depth. The commingling of hope and despair that I have learnt to expect and love in her writing has started to show, but has not yet come to bloom.
It would probably be a 5* review if I havent’t read later books from the Cycle.
However, Planet of Exile still lacks the depth. The commingling of hope and despair that I have learnt to expect and love in her writing has started to show, but has not yet come to bloom.
It would probably be a 5* review if I havent’t read later books from the Cycle.
This is a pretty forgettable little book, but it's also kind of amazing when you look at it compared to the other science fiction that was being published in 1966.
You can definitely tell that Le Guin was the child of anthropologists--all the things she pays attention to are so different than the laser gun/alien monster books that were a large part of the genre. Not to mention how the perspectives and actions of old people/women/other races are important and real.
You can definitely tell that Le Guin was the child of anthropologists--all the things she pays attention to are so different than the laser gun/alien monster books that were a large part of the genre. Not to mention how the perspectives and actions of old people/women/other races are important and real.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
