The Word for World is Forest

The Word for World is Forest is a really good book. It's well written with good character development. The story moves along and reaches a satisfying conclusion. It could be an allegory for the history of colonialism here on earth but the outcome is one that never has happened here. This is just about as good a little book as one can find in the science fiction genre.

According to WWE, The Word for World is Forest hasn't been nominated for any awards and isn't on any lists. Unbelievable.

According to Rhondak101 in her earlier review here on WWE, "The novella upon which the novel is based won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards in 1973. The novella appeared in Harlan Ellison's second New Wave anthology Again, Dangerous Visions in 1972. Le Guin published the novel version in 1976" I read the novella in Again Dangerous Visions.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the movie Avatar was inspired by this book.