The Telling

by Ursula K. Le Guin

In this novel, a part of the Hanish Cycle though not dependent on the previous volumes, the Earthborn Sutty is assigned to gather data on a distant world controlled by the sinister Corporation. Once there, she slowly begins to learn about life on the planet before the Corporation took over, including the mysterious religion, the Telling, that the inhabitants used to practice.

Editions of The Telling

ISBN 9780441011230	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Ace Books	Date 2003	Price $2.00	Good+
ISBN 9780151005673	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Harcourt	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Used - Good
ISBN 9780441008636	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Ace Books	Date 2001	Price $1.00	Used, Very Good

Publisher Notes

An observer from Earth for the interstellar Ekumen, Sutty is assigned to a new world in which a ruthless monolithic Corporation, seeking rapid technological advancement, has outlawed ancient beliefs and customs, but as Sutty journeys deep into the countryside and mountains, she discovers the Telling, the old faith of the Akans, a banned religion that teaches her about the meaning of her own existence. Reprint.

Media Reviews

"As is not uncommon with authors in the mature stages of their careers, Le Guin shows a bit less ambiguity and a good deal more economy in the telling of THE TELLING than in some of her earlier SF novels....[It] tells, all right, and it teaches, and it does all this with expected brilliance and grace, but it never really cries out."