Anarres
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Anarres is one of two inhabited planet
s of Tau Ceti
, in the 'Ekumen
' science fiction novels by Ursula K. Le Guin
.
, Anarres is largely covered by land while having two large seas as the biggest bodies of water.
While its society is egalitarian, there still exists a center, namely Abbenay, the capital city, where a spaceport and several central facilities are located.
. Ever since, contact to Urras has been strongly regulated by a treaty, the only point of tangency being Urrasti freighters landing and starting on the (planet's only) spaceport
in Abbenay.
Odonianism was developed by anarchist woman philosopher Laia Odo, who lived in the propertarian nation-state of A-Io on the planet of Urras. Part of her tale is told in the short story The Day Before the Revolution
, part of the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters
.
The story of Anarres and its settlement by Odonians is told in The Dispossessed
. Odonians speak the Pravic
languague, which fits their outlook and social structure and is described in considerable detail.
Cetians appear or are mentioned in various other tales, mostly without specifying which world they come from. But in "The Shobies' Story
", the Cetian Gveter is an Anarresti. 'Churten theory' was developed on his world, which evidently keeps its Odonian views on cooperation and objects to 'propertarian
habits'.
Planet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
s of Tau Ceti
Tau Ceti in fiction
Tau Ceti is the closest single Sun-like star to the Sun, making it a popular setting or reference in science fiction media.Isaac Asimov set the planet "Aurora" and its two asteroidal satellites around Tau Ceti in the Robot and Foundation novels. In Robert A...
, in the 'Ekumen
Ekumen
The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories of Ursula K. Le Guin. Most of them are not set on the planet Hain, but have it as a distant background...
' science fiction novels by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
.
Geography
Being the smaller body of a double planet system with UrrasUrras (fictional planet)
Urras is one of two inhabited planets of Tau Ceti, in the 'Ekumen' science fiction novels by Ursula K. Le Guin.-Geography:Being the larger body of a double planet system with Anarres, Urras is covered by oceans and continents....
, Anarres is largely covered by land while having two large seas as the biggest bodies of water.
While its society is egalitarian, there still exists a center, namely Abbenay, the capital city, where a spaceport and several central facilities are located.
History
It was settled by Odonian separatists coming from UrrasUrras (fictional planet)
Urras is one of two inhabited planets of Tau Ceti, in the 'Ekumen' science fiction novels by Ursula K. Le Guin.-Geography:Being the larger body of a double planet system with Anarres, Urras is covered by oceans and continents....
. Ever since, contact to Urras has been strongly regulated by a treaty, the only point of tangency being Urrasti freighters landing and starting on the (planet's only) spaceport
Spaceport
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching spacecraft, by analogy with seaport for ships or airport for aircraft. The word spaceport, and even more so cosmodrome, has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories...
in Abbenay.
Odonianism was developed by anarchist woman philosopher Laia Odo, who lived in the propertarian nation-state of A-Io on the planet of Urras. Part of her tale is told in the short story The Day Before the Revolution
The Day Before the Revolution
"The Day Before the Revolution" is a Nebula Award-winning short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 1974.It is considered a short story prologue to The Dispossessed and represents an idealized anarchy by following the character of "Odo", the semilegendary woman who led the revolution...
, part of the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters is a collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin first published by Harper & Row in 1975.Le Guin describes the collection as a retrospective. It includes many stories which had been published previously or expanded into novels. Others take place in locations that...
.
The story of Anarres and its settlement by Odonians is told in The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness . The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974, both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975, and received a nomination for...
. Odonians speak the Pravic
Pravic
Pravic is a fictional language used and referred to in the science-fiction book The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Pravic is a fictional constructed language: in the book, it is said to have been constructed by a person named Farigv...
languague, which fits their outlook and social structure and is described in considerable detail.
Cetians appear or are mentioned in various other tales, mostly without specifying which world they come from. But in "The Shobies' Story
The Shobies' Story
The Shobies' Story is a 1990 science fiction novella by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, describing a society in which consensus matters more than individual viewpoints. The Shobies' Story posits a reality that emerges as the sum of what all the participants say: a meta-narrative, a...
", the Cetian Gveter is an Anarresti. 'Churten theory' was developed on his world, which evidently keeps its Odonian views on cooperation and objects to 'propertarian
Propertarianism
The term propertarianism has been used to describe various views regarding private property. Those holding positive views on property rights may be described as propertarian. Conversely, others opposed to private property may be described as non-propertarian or...
habits'.