num_pages: 246
description: From award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a highly anticipated addition to her acclaimed Hainish cycle, “a social anthropology of the future, fascinating and utterly believable.” (Peter S. Beagle)Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth named Sutty has learned of a group of outcasts who live in the wilderness. They still believe in the ancient ways and still practice its lost religion—the Telling. Intrigued by their beliefs, Sutty joins them on a sacred pilgrimage into the mountains…and into the dangerous terrain of her own heart, mind, and soul.
language: English
title: The Telling
titlecomplete: The Telling (Hainish Cycle, #8)
characters: Yara, Sutty Dass
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Queer, Audiobook, Fantasy, Novels, LGBT
ratings_count: 7560
series: Hainish Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Endeavour Award
publisher: Ace Trade