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City of Illusions (The Hainish novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Ursula Le Guin (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 191 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (14 Nov 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575601280
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575601284
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,634,030 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘Her worlds have a magic sheen...She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend’ The Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Ursula K. Le Guin has won many Nebula and Hugo Awards, as well as a National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Newbery Honor and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Older Le Guin, 6 Aug 2007
By Mikko Saari (Tampere, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: City of Illusions (Paperback)
City of Illusions is an early book from Le Guin (published 1967). It is set in her Hainish worlds, however. The story takes place on future Earth, after some kind of apocalypse has wiped most of humanity out and the rest live down to earth under the rule of the Shing.

A mysterious alien man appears from the woods. He's lost his memory and learns a new life like a child. Is he a Shing, a tool of the Shing or a friend? He wants to find out and eventually sets out to the city of Shing.

The book is divided into two parts: first is the man's journey through the Northern American plains to the Shing city Es Toch - the city of illusions. There he starts to unravel his past and decipher what the Shing actually want. It's a web of lies and deceit and quite an challenge.

While City of Illusions is far from being Le Guin's greatest work, it is a pleasant little book that offers solid entertainment.
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