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Book cover for 'The Word for World is Forest' by Ursula K. Le guin, featuring three stylized cloud shapes in teal, yellow, and light green over a background of tree stumps and forest trees.
  • Book cover for 'The Word for World is Forest' by Ursula K. Le guin, featuring three stylized cloud shapes in teal, yellow, and light green over a background of tree stumps and forest trees.
  • Book cover for 'The Word for World is Forest' by Ursula K. Le guin, featuring three stylized cloud shapes in teal, yellow, and light green over a background of tree stumps and forest trees.

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The Word for World Is Forest

The Word for World Is Forest

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The award-winning masterpiece by one of today's most honored writers, Ursula K. Le Guin! 

Now with a new introduction by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones.
When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters.
Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.
Book Details

Publisher: Tor Books

First Published: November 17, 2026

Pages:

  • Paperback: 192

ISBN:

  • Paperback: 9781250343680
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About the Author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters. Her body of work includes twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award, along with a PEN/Malamud Award and many other accolades. In 2016 she joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

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