City of Illusions

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City of Illusions is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of identity, memory, and cultural conflict on a future Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf science fiction novel
author Ursula K. Le Guin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1967
followedBy The Left Hand of Darkness
follows Planet of Exile
genre science fiction
hasCategory 1967 American novels
Ace Books books
American science fiction novels
Hainish Cycle
Novels by Ursula K. Le Guin
hasCoverArtist Jack Gaughan NERFINISHED
hasFictionalSpecies Shing
hasISBN 978-0-441-47812-5
hasPageCount 192 (approximate Ace edition)
includedIn Hainish Cycle
surface form: The Hainish Novels and Stories (Library of America)
language English
literaryMovement New Wave science fiction
mainCharacter Falk
Ramarren
motif amnesia
journey
telepathy
narrativePerspective third-person
originalFormat paperback
originalPublisher Ace Books
partOfSeries Hainish Cycle
precededBy Planet of Exile
seriesPosition third Hainish novel
setInUniverse Hainish Cycle
surface form: Hainish universe
setOn Earth
settingTime far future
theme colonialism
cultural conflict
identity
memory
otherness
truth and deception

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Ursula K. Le Guin notableWork City of Illusions
The Left Hand of Darkness precededBy City of Illusions
The Dispossessed relatedWork City of Illusions
Planet of Exile sharesUniverseWith City of Illusions
Planet of Exile followedBy City of Illusions
Hainish Cycle connectsWorks City of Illusions