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Ramarren back to his home-world of Werel to present their idyllic story of Earth as a happy garden-planet prospering under their benign guidance, and in no need of outside help. Falk / Ramarren, now fully aware of the brutalized and misruled reality, pretends to accept this, postponing the return journey.
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Ramarren but is then overcome by Falk, operating as a separate person. Now controlling Ken Kenyek, Falk / Ramarren makes his escape, manipulating his prisoner to find a
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tribe in the great plains. Falk escapes this violent community with Estrel, to reach the city under her guidance. In the course of his journey Falk also encounters Shing-bred talking birds and animals who plead reverence for life in self-defense.
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light-speed ship that can take him home, and how to program it. Falk / Ramarren leaves for his planet of origin, taking Orry and the captive Ken Kenyek with him so that each can present their perception of Shing rule over Earth.
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villagers choose to welcome and nurture him, naming him Falk (Yellow). They teach him to speak, educate him about the Earth, and teach him from a book they consider holy, which is Le Guin's "long-translated" version of the
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future. His miniature society appears benign but quixotic – setting off fire-crackers to repulse occasional Shing "air-cars" as they fly indifferently overhead.
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69:Hainish Cycle
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288:opposition.
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268:Es Toch
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255:Tao Te Ching
253:
250:
242:Plot summary
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51:Jack Gaughan
1861:Non-fiction
1756:Collections
1478:The Telling
1332:Adaptations
1305:Collections
566:along with
262:The journey
229:tabula rasa
1910:Categories
1847:Cat Dreams
1373:Characters
839:2015-12-16
743:References
686:talismanic
474:tête-bêche
433:Ken Kenyek
402:All-Alonio
397:Characters
318:governance
214:telepathic
1682:Malafrena
1295:Firelight
1274:Dragonfly
1172:Works by
700:Footnotes
694:see above
657:anarchism
513:Reception
406:illusion.
279:The Shing
272:Basnasska
235:ex nihilo
87:Ace Books
83:Publisher
1839:Catwings
1748:" (2002)
1741:" (1982)
1734:" (1976)
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1563:" (1999)
1556:" (1996)
1549:" (1995)
1535:" (1994)
1520:" (1974)
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1403:Hainish
1368:Universe
1340:Earthsea
1297:" (2018)
1290:" (2014)
1283:" (1999)
1276:" (1997)
1269:" (1964)
1262:" (1964)
1192:Earthsea
476:format.
426:Har Orry
352:mnemonic
206:communes
57:Language
1706:Lavinia
1643:fiction
1578:Ansible
1571:Related
1361:Related
995:Sources
983:(ed.).
935:(ed.).
868:(ed.).
816:(ed.).
735:worlds.
663:Objects
616:in the
606:mystery
539:ideas.
421:amnesia
135:3516838
60:English
1896:(1998)
1888:(1997)
1880:(1982)
1872:(1979)
1823:(2003)
1815:(2002)
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1799:(1994)
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1709:(2008)
1701:(1985)
1693:(1980)
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1650:Novels
1641:Other
1629:(2007)
1626:Powers
1621:(2006)
1618:Voices
1613:(2004)
1602:Novels
1528:(1990)
1481:(2000)
1473:(1995)
1465:(1976)
1457:(1974)
1449:(1969)
1441:(1967)
1433:(1966)
1425:(1966)
1414:Novels
1389:(1993)
1353:(2006)
1351:(film)
1344:(2004)
1324:(2018)
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1233:Tehanu
1228:(1972)
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1212:(1968)
1201:Novels
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684:, has
614:Taoism
589:Themes
409:Estrel
383:While
161:
148:
65:Series
37:Author
1610:Gifts
1405:Cycle
543:that
533:genre
458:Laozi
440:Parth
297:Werel
198:Shing
119:Pages
75:Genre
1128:ISBN
1107:ISBN
1079:ISBN
1051:ISBN
1032:ISBN
1008:ISBN
892:ISBN
766:ISBN
570:and
553:and
490:and
453:Zove
416:Falk
129:OCLC
98:1967
1378:Ged
696:).
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