A review by erikars
Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

5.0

Not all of the content in this collection is 5 star. However, by collecting a related body of work together, along with some essays (mostly intros to editions of the novels), the reader can see both the connections between different novels and stories in Le Guin's Hainish universe as well as her growth as a writer. Of the novels included in this volume, I probably would not have read them outside of this collection — and wouldn't necessarily recommend all of them standalone — yet I am glad to have read them all together.