Powers (novel)

2007 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

Powers (2007) is the third book in the trilogy Annals of the Western Shore, sometimes called Chronicles of the Western Shore,[1][2] a young adult series by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is preceded in the series by  Voices. Powers won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[3]

## Plot

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Gavir is a slave who develops a gift for precognition. He is trained to serve as a teacher for a noble family in the city of Etra; but personal tragedy drives him into the life of a hunted wanderer. He endures adventures, challenges, and suffering. Eventually he escapes to a new and happy life.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Ursula K. Le Guin - Online Radio Interview with the Author". theauthorhour.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
2. ^ "Gifts #1 by Ursula K Le Guin | Good Reading Guide by Portico Books". goodreadingguide.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
3. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Nebula Awards". locusmag.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
4. ^ Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2007

## External links

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* Powers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Works by Ursula K. Le Guin

Bibliography · Le Guin and Taoism

Earthsea|

| Novels|

* A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
* The Tombs of Atuan (1971)
* The Farthest Shore (1972)
* Tehanu (1990)
* The Other Wind (2001)

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Short stories|

* "The Word of Unbinding" (1964)
* "The Rule of Names" (1964)
* "Firelight" (2018)

Collections|

* Tales from Earthsea (2001)
* The Books of Earthsea (2018)

Adaptations|

* Earthsea (miniseries) (2004)
* Tales from Earthsea (film) (2006)

Related|

* Universe
* Characters
* Ged
* Earthsea Revisioned (1993)

Hainish
Cycle|

| Novels|

* Rocannon's World (1966)
* Planet of Exile (1966)
* City of Illusions (1967)
* The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
* The Dispossessed (1974)
* The Word for World Is Forest (1976)
* Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
* The Telling (2000)

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Short stories|

* "The Dowry of Angyar" (1964)
* "Winter's King" (1969)
* "Vaster than Empires and More Slow" (1971)
* "The Day Before the Revolution" (1974)
* The Shobies' Story (1990)
* "The Matter of Seggri" (1994)
* "A Man of the People"
* "Coming of Age in Karhide" (1995)
* "Old Music and the Slave Women" (1999)

Related|

* Ansible

Annals of the Western Shore|

| Novels|

* Gifts (2004)
* Voices (2006)
* Powers (2007)

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Other
fiction|

| Novels|

* The Lathe of Heaven (1971)
* Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (1976)
* The Eye of the Heron (1978)
* Malafrena (1979)
* The Beginning Place (1980)
* Always Coming Home (1985)
* Lavinia (2008)

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Short stories|

* "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)
* "The Diary of the Rose" (1976)
* "The Wife's Story" (1982)
* "Paradises Lost" (2002)

Collections|

* The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
* Orsinian Tales (1976)
* The Compass Rose (1982)
* Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1987)
* A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
* Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996)
* The Birthday of the World (2002)
* Changing Planes (2003)

Children's books|

* Catwings (series) (1988–1999)
* Cat Dreams

Non-fiction|

* The Language of the Night (1979)
* Dancing at the Edge of the World (1982)
* Steering the Craft (1998)

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Nebula Award for Best Novel

1965–1979|

* Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
* Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany / Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1966)
* The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1967)
* Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1968)
* The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
* Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970)
* A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1971)
* The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1972)
* Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
* The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
* The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1975)
* Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1976)
* Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1977)
* Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
* The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1979)

1980–1999|

* Timescape by Gregory Benford (1980)
* The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1981)
* No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (1982)
* Startide Rising by David Brin (1983)
* Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
* Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
* Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1986)
* The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy (1987)
* Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)
* The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1989)
* Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1990)
* Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1991)
* Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1992)
* Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1993)
* Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1994)
* The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
* Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1996)
* The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1997)
* Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1998)
* Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (1999)

2000–2019|

* Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (2000)
* The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (2001)
* American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002)
* Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (2003)
* Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004)
* Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2005)
* Seeker by Jack McDevitt (2006)
* The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2007)
* Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (2008)
* The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2009)
* Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2010)
* Among Others by Jo Walton (2011)
* 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2012)
* Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2013)
* Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
* Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015)
* All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2016)
* The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2017)
* The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2018)
* A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker (2019)

2020–present|

* Network Effect by Martha Wells (2020)
* A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2021)
* Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2022)
* The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (2023)
* Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (2024)

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