Urras (fictional planet)

Urras (fictional planet)

Urras is one of two planets of Tau Ceti, in the 'Ekumen' science fiction novels of Ursula K. Le Guin.

Urras is a double planet and the original world of the Cetians. An anarchist group called Odonians have settled Anarres, but still have an influence on the various nations of Urras, as is told in "The Dispossessed".

Urras is also seen in "The Day Before the Revolution" in the short-story collection "The Wind's Twelve Quarters". But this is primarily the story of Laia Odo, the founder of the Odonian movement.

Cetians appear or are mentioned in various other tales, mostly without specifying which world they come from. In "The Left Hand of Darkness", the star-ship is of Cetian make. It is mentioned that they and the Hain both developed starships.

External links

* [http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/Ebook881.htm Exerpt from "The Day Before the Revolution"]
* [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/dispossessed.html Study Guide for Ursula LeGuin: "The Dispossessed"]


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