Planet of Exile (Novella)

{ Oct 2020 - epub revisions. Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, content separation, and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 126 pages Published 1966 The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years, and ten of Werel's years are over 600 terrestrial years, and the lonely and dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter, a season that lasts for 15 years, the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches and call the farborns. But hilfs and farborns have common enemies: the hordes of ravaging barbarians called gaals and eerie preying snow ghouls. Will they join forces or be annihilated? Planet of Exile is the second in the Hainish Cycle series. (preceeded by Rocannon's World and followed by City of Illusions.) Together in one volume, two gripping novels of war, love, and the battle for survival on words lying years away on planets without names where winter lasts a lifetime. ROCANNON'S WORLD is Ursula Le Guin's first novel, as inspired as anything she has ever written. PLANET OF EXILE is its brilliant successor. 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power. She invites, as Tolkien does, a total belief' Observer 'Few contemporary writers can equal her' New Scientist 'She is a writer of extraordianary gifts and Science Fiction needs her' Birminghan Post