Four Ways to Forgiveness

Four Ways to Forgiveness is a collection of four short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. All of them deal with the planets Yeowe and Werel The collection was first published by Harper Paperbacks (a division of HarperCollins Publishers) in 1995. Betrayals first appeared in 1994 in Blue Motel. The others appeared in the science fiction magazine Asimov's in 1994 and 1995. All four stories are part of the future history of the Ekumen, a collective of pla... more

Four Ways to Forgiveness is a collection of four short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. All of them deal with the planets Yeowe and Werel The collection was first published by Harper Paperbacks (a division of HarperCollins Publishers) in 1995. Betrayals first appeared in 1994 in Blue Motel. The others appeared in the science fiction magazine Asimov's in 1994 and 1995. All four stories are part of the future history of the Ekumen, a collective of planets used by Le Guin as part of the background for many different stories. The stories start with the Ekumen in contact with both worlds and Yeowe recently freed from rule by Werel. Werel itself has a slave system that is expected to break down soon. The book ends with Notes on Werel and Yeowe, giving details of the two planets and their solar system. Note that this 'Werel' is not the same as the world called Werel in Planet of Exile and City of Illusions. The four stories in Four Ways to Forgiveness are based on two planets named Werel and... less