Planets of The Hainish Cycle - Others

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Beldene, Chiffewar, Cime, Ensbo, Four-Taurus, Gao, Gde, Huthu, Kapetyn, Kheakh, Orint, Ollul, Prestno, S, Sheashel Haven, Ve and Uttermosts are additional planets mentioned in one or more tales of the Hainish cycle. They have not, so far, been the setting for a story.

The Left Hand of Darkness has Genly showing pictures of various worlds, some described in later stories but including Chiffewar, Cime, Ensbo, Four-Taurus, Gao, Gde, Kapteyn, Ollul, S, Sheashel Haven and 'the Uttermosts'. Little is said about most of them. We are told that Gde wrecked its natural balance tens of thousands of years ago and is mostly sand and rock deserts; that Ollul is the closest world to Gethen, 17 light-years away; and that Chiffewar is a "peaceful" planet.

We hear no more about most of these planets, though in the short story "The Matter of Seggri", it is mentioned that 4-Taurus is also known as Iao. Argaven XVII visits Ollul in the short story "Winter's King", a trip of 24 light-years each way; this contradicts the stated fact in The Left Hand of Darkness that Ollul is 17 light-years away from Gethen. As for S, it is possible that S is another name for Athshe.

Some additional worlds are mentioned in later short stories:

  • In "Dancing to Ganam", a world called Orint is mentioned in passing. It is "the only world from which the Ekumen has yet withdrawn", foreseeing a disaster in which "the Orintians destroyed sentient life on their world by the use of pathogens in war". A few thousand children were saved, being taken off the world with the consent of their parent.
  • The "Solitude" which appears in The Birthday of the World mentions "the tree-cities of Huthu", which is near Eleven-Soro.
  • In "Forgiveness Day" which appears in Four Ways to Forgiveness, a planet called Kheakh is mentioned as having destroyed itself some time ago, as Orint had earlier.
  • In "A Man of the People" which appears in Four Ways to Forgiveness, Ve is described as the next planet out from Hain. It has mostly been a satellite or partner of Hainish civilisations and is at that time inhabited entirely by historians and Aliens. This is told from the viewpoint of a Hainish man, so non-Hainish peoples must be meant.
  • In The Word for World is Forest, Prestno is mentioned as a world close to Athshe. It is also called 'World 88'.
  • In "Vaster than Empires and More Slow" which appears in The Wind's Twelve Quarters, one crew member comes from "Beldene, the Garden Planet", which "never discovered chastity, or the wheel".
Works by Ursula K. Le Guin
Bibliography — All Works — Adaptations
Earthsea
  • "The Word of Unbinding" (1964)
  • "The Finder" (2001)
  • "Darkrose and Diamond" (1999)
  • "The Rule of Names" (1964)
  • "The Bones of the Earth" (2001)
  • A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
  • The Tombs of Atuan (1971)
  • "On the High Marsh" (2001)
  • The Farthest Shore (1972)
  • Tehanu (1990)
  • "Dragonfly" (1997)
  • Tales from Earthsea (2001)
  • The Other Wind (2001)
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  • Category:Earthsea
  • Earthsea Revisioned (1993)
Hainish Cycle
  • "Dowry of the Angyar" (1964)
  • Rocannon's World (1966)
  • Planet of Exile (1966)
  • City of Illusions (1967)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
  • "Winter's King" (1969)
  • "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" (1971)
  • The Dispossessed (1974)
  • "The Day Before the Revolution" (1974)
  • The Word for World Is Forest (1976)
  • "The Shobies' Story" (1990)
  • "Dancing to Ganam" (1993)
  • "Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" (1994)
  • "The Matter of Seggri" (1994)
  • "Unchosen Love" (1994)
  • "Solitude" (1994)
  • Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
  • "Coming of Age in Karhide" (1995)
  • "Mountain Ways" (1996)
  • "Old Music and the Slave Women" (1999)
  • The Telling (2000)
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Other fiction
Novels
  • The Lathe of Heaven (1971)
  • The Eye of the Heron (1978)
  • Malafrena (1979)
  • The Beginning Place (1980)
  • Always Coming Home (1985)
  • Annals of the Western Shore series (2004-2007)
  • Lavinia (2008)
Short stories
  • "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)
  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
  • Orsinian Tales (1976)
  • The Compass Rose (1982)
  • Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences (1987)
  • Searoad (1991)
  • A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
  • Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
  • The Birthday of the World (2002)
  • Changing Planes (2003)
Picture books Catwings (1988–1999)
Nonfiction
  • The Language of the Night (1979)
  • Dancing at the Edge of the World (1982)
  • Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (1997)
  • Steering the Craft (1998)
  • The Wave in the Mind (2004)

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