Rocannon's World
Ratings60
Average rating3.7
Rocannon's World is interesting. LeGuin maintains a fairy tale quality of sorts while setting the story in a high science-fiction world, complete with FTL ships and ansibles. The combination is almost dream-like and provocative, but unfortunately falls into LeGuin's most common flaw – a slowness that makes the book hard to want to pick up and difficult to concentrate once you have.
Pre-Star Wars sci-fi has a nobler feeling than more contemporary stuff even if it drags a little more. Nobody in this book is trying to be a version of Han Solo and that's a good thing. Le Guin rules
Rating: 2.9 leaves out of 5Characters: 3/5 Cover: 2/5Story: 3.35/5Writing: 3.25/5Genre: Fantasy/Classic/SciFiType: Audiobook/BookWorth?: YeahHated Disliked It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedThis was my first book by Ursula for a buddy read on discord (Book Lovers Club). Would I have picked up her book if it wasn't for a BR? Probably not. I am not big on SciFi, especially from the '60s but this one wasn't too bad. It reminded me of an old Playstation 2 game I used to play. I rounded it up to a 3 because it didn't deserve anything less. What I didn't like was how long everything felt. It was a short book that seemingly went on for ages. The ending was sad yet beautiful. Can't wait to start the second book!
такая смесь научной фантастики и фэнтези, интересно, но ничего особенно выдающегося, но крылатые котики!!
A spoiler or two in the paragraph below:
This is the story of Rocannon, an ethnologist sets out to find the base on Fomalhaut of an enemy to the League of All Worlds, the planet of Faraday. His interactions with the various lifeforms on the planet change him and he is eventually rewarded with the gift of telepathy. Rocannon saves the planet, but not before experiencing the pain of all the beings who were killed in the process through the gift he'd been given.
The beginning was confusing, but I think it kept getting better as the story progressed. Enjoyable and recommendable. :)
