Hainish Cycle

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fictional universe science fiction series

The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.

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Label Occurrences
Hainish Cycle canonical 12
Hainish universe 4
The Hainish Novels and Stories (Library of America) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional universe ⓘ
science fiction series ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorRole Ursula K. Le Guin as anthropologist's daughter ⓘ
connectsWorks City of Illusions ⓘ
Four Ways to Forgiveness ⓘ
Planet of Exile ⓘ
Rocannon's World ⓘ
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories ⓘ
The Dispossessed ⓘ
The Left Hand of Darkness ⓘ
The Telling ⓘ
The Word for World Is Forest ⓘ
continuityType shared universe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ
emphasizes cultural relativism ⓘ
ethical ambiguity ⓘ
exploresConcept ansible ⓘ
non-Western perspectives ⓘ
simultaneous interstellar communication ⓘ
utopian and dystopian societies ⓘ
featuresOrganization Ekumen ⓘ
featuresPlanet Anarres ⓘ
Gethen ⓘ
Hain ⓘ
Terra ⓘ
Urras ⓘ
firstWorkPublicationDecade 1960s ⓘ
focusesOn envoy figures ⓘ
intercultural contact ⓘ
world-building ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasChronology nonlinear timeline ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn anthropological science fiction ⓘ
later feminist science fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement New Wave science fiction ⓘ
mainTheme anthropology ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
communication ⓘ
culture ⓘ
gender ⓘ
politics ⓘ
relativism ⓘ
narrativeForm loosely connected series ⓘ
notableWork The Dispossessed ⓘ
The Left Hand of Darkness ⓘ
The Word for World Is Forest ⓘ
setting interstellar civilization ⓘ
subgenre social science fiction ⓘ
soft science fiction ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursula K. Le Guin → series → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Left Hand of Darkness → series → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Left Hand of Darkness → partOf → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Dispossessed → series → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Word for World Is Forest → series → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Word for World Is Forest → setInUniverse → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hainish universe
Rocannon's World → partOfSeries → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
Rocannon's World → universe → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hainish universe
Planet of Exile → literaryMovement → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
Planet of Exile → partOfSeries → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
City of Illusions → partOfSeries → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
City of Illusions → setInUniverse → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hainish universe
City of Illusions → includedIn → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hainish Novels and Stories (Library of America)
City of Illusions → hasCategory → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
Four Ways to Forgiveness → partOfUniverse → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Telling → series → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
The Telling → universe → Hainish Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hainish universe