Ishi (c. 1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. Widely described as the "last wild Indian" in the United States, Ishi lived most of his life isolated from modern North American culture, and was the last known Native manufacturer of stone arrowheads. 

Ishi, which means "man" in the Yana language, is an adopted name. The anthropologist Alfred Kroeber gave him this name because in the Yahi culture, tradition demanded that he not speak his own name until formally introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me", meaning that there was no other Yahi to speak his name on his behalf. 

Paired worlds: Anarres (anarchist, austere) and Urras (capitalist, lush) — one origin, two social experiments.

Physicist Shevek leaves Anarres to complete a theory of time and restore true communication between worlds.

Anarres: no property, no state — but social pressure replaces law; conformity replaces freedom.

Urras: abundance and beauty, built on inequality, exploitation, and silenced labor.

Nonlinear structure: past and present interwoven, mirroring Shevek’s theory of simultaneity.

Central tension: revolution must stay unfinished—or it hardens into authority.

We'll spend great deal of next summer-semester analyzing this book.

Collection of six "high fantasy" books taking place on the world of Earthsea : a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands surrounded by mostly uncharted ocean. In most of the cycle, it narrates

the story of Duny - Sparrowhawk - Ged (secret name!) as he matures from (arrog|ignor)ant boy into one of the wisest and most powerful magicians in the land

the story of transformation of Tenar, raised to perform rites for divinities long dead, into protectrice of Life & those oppressed.