the word for world is forest by ursula le guin

Lyubov dies during this chaos but her group can no longer be found afterwards because they were exterminated. One tribe, with Selver as its leader, launches an assault of New Java and murders everyone they come across including women and children. He is transferred away from his unit due to his involvement in the attack. Meanwhile, Davidson attacks another region in return for the previous attack on Camp Smith. The League has ordered the release of all Athsheans and their return to Earth. They have brought a radio communicator with them, which will allow instant communication between planets. Two aliens from another planet announce that a League of Worlds has been formed. However, everyone else disagrees with him and claims that he was too lenient on them because of his classification of them as peaceful.

Raj Lyubov, a man who speaks Athshean fluently, believes that mistreating them is what led to the revolt. The humans and the aliens begin to discuss the massacre. At Camp Smith, Selver releases Davidson so he can spread the message of the camp’s destruction to other people in power who will listen to him and do something about it. She later died in the ensuing fight following her death when Davidson badly scarred Selver’s face. One of them is Selver, an Athshean whose wife was raped by Davidson. Four Athsheans approach him and restrain him. The humans enslaved them and forced them into labor camps.ĭavidson walks through the ruins of a camp. When he returns to camp after his furlough, it has been destroyed by the Athsheans, who are also referred to as creechies because of their small size. A man named Captain Davidson flies over Smith Camp in an airship and thinks about the women that had just arrived on Athshe. They have been there for years and they are cutting down trees to export them back to Earth, where wood is scarce. The story starts off with humans already on a forest planet called Athshe. The book explores themes such as racism, friendship, and violence through the eyes of the main character. Le Guin, who has a series of books that deal with how Earth acts as an empire in space.

The Word for World is Forest is a science fiction story about the relationship between humans and aliens on another planet.

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The word for world is forest by ursula le guin