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drelyk 's review for:
Rocannon's World
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Certain parts reminded me of both The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word for World is Forest as well as Earthsea (especially the shadow). There were a lot of Le Guin's normal themes of life and death and the delicate balance of nature. The natives of the planet are mere pieces on a chessboard to the greater machinations of space faring civilizations. But Le Guin shows us the intimate details of their rich culture and legends. And after all, if the fate of one man doesn't matter then what is? I especially liked this quote at the end:
"But he could not shut it out - not the light but the darkness, the darkness that blinded his mind, the knowledge in his own flesh of the death of a thousand men all in one moment. Death, death, death over and over and yet all at once in one moment in his body and brain. And after it, silence."
Rocannon sacrificed a lot for the death of his enemy, and he got to spend his last years happily, away from the torment of other men's minds. Mogien's death especially hit hard, even after all the foreshadowing.
"But he could not shut it out - not the light but the darkness, the darkness that blinded his mind, the knowledge in his own flesh of the death of a thousand men all in one moment. Death, death, death over and over and yet all at once in one moment in his body and brain. And after it, silence."
Rocannon sacrificed a lot for the death of his enemy, and he got to spend his last years happily, away from the torment of other men's minds. Mogien's death especially hit hard, even after all the foreshadowing.