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A review by loonyboi
Five Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
An outstanding collection of connected short stories. I'm continually amazed at how good the loosely connected Hainish books all are. This is up there with [b:The Left Hand of Darkness|18423|The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #6)|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1488213612s/18423.jpg|817527] and [b:The Dispossessed|13651|The Dispossessed|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1353467455s/13651.jpg|2684122] as some of the best in there.
Note about this Library of America edition: it contains [b:Four Ways to Forgiveness|92605|Four Ways to Forgiveness|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410140299s/92605.jpg|822755], plus one story published afterwards which continues the story. It's the weakest of the lot (if the others are all five stars, I'd put that one at a three), but I greatly appreciate its inclusion for completeness' sake. In the introduction to [b:Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 2: The Word for World Is Forest / Stories / Five Ways to Forgiveness / The Telling|33533491|Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 2 The Word for World Is Forest / Stories / Five Ways to Forgiveness / The Telling|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483421580s/33533491.jpg|54298768], Le Guin writes that she had an idea for a sixth story, but at the time of publication, hadn't been able to fully form it yet. Alas, we'll never know where that one would have gone. But what's here is so good it's hard to be too sad about that.
Note about this Library of America edition: it contains [b:Four Ways to Forgiveness|92605|Four Ways to Forgiveness|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410140299s/92605.jpg|822755], plus one story published afterwards which continues the story. It's the weakest of the lot (if the others are all five stars, I'd put that one at a three), but I greatly appreciate its inclusion for completeness' sake. In the introduction to [b:Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 2: The Word for World Is Forest / Stories / Five Ways to Forgiveness / The Telling|33533491|Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 2 The Word for World Is Forest / Stories / Five Ways to Forgiveness / The Telling|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1483421580s/33533491.jpg|54298768], Le Guin writes that she had an idea for a sixth story, but at the time of publication, hadn't been able to fully form it yet. Alas, we'll never know where that one would have gone. But what's here is so good it's hard to be too sad about that.