the colony are "prime human stock," and so forth. Le Guin herself later said she was unhappy with the "strident" tone of the novel. She had been troubled by the Vietnam War, but was living in London when she wrote the novel, cut off from the anti-war movement she had been a part of in Oregon. Written in these circumstances, The Word for World is Forest became what Le Guin called a "preachment". She stated that writing the book was like "taking dictation from a boss with ulcers". She said that she had wanted to write about forests and dreaming, but that the "boss" had made her write instead about ecological destruction. Charlotte Spivack stated that the book was an "angry work", that ended on a note of futility and despair. References Sources Further reading Latham, R. (2007). Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction. The Yearbook of English Studies, 37(2), 103–119. External links 1976 science fiction novels 1976 American novels Again, Dangerous Visions short stories Fiction portraying humans as aliens Hainish Cycle Hugo Award for Best Novella winning works Novels by Ursula K. Le Guin Environmental fiction books Novels about rape Anti-war novels Forest planets in fiction Novels about colonialism Novels set on fictional planets