The Word for World is Forest : The Best of the SF Masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin Art As the story opens

As the story opens

not even dragon fire

and translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood

beds unmade

Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace

The Word for World is Forest : The Best of the SF Masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin Art As the story opensA world of peaceful aliens conquered by 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 to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans'