Hainish Cycle

Target entity: Hainish Cycle
Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, series, Hainish Cycle]

• A. Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
  The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
• B. Dragonriders of Pern
  Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
• C. Ringworld
  Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
• D. The Broken Earth trilogy
  The Broken Earth trilogy is an award-winning science fantasy series by N. K. Jemisin that explores a geologically unstable world, systemic oppression, and survival through the lives of powerful orogenes.
• E. The Expanse
  The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Hainish Cycle
Target entity description: The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.

• A. Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
  The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
• B. Dragonriders of Pern
  Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
• C. Ringworld
  Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
• D. The Broken Earth trilogy
  The Broken Earth trilogy is an award-winning science fantasy series by N. K. Jemisin that explores a geologically unstable world, systemic oppression, and survival through the lives of powerful orogenes.
• E. The Expanse
  The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
• F. None of above. chosen