Danny Voss’s Reviews > Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions > Status Update

Planet of Exile: a critique of xenophobia, fear of the other. I think the most interesting part of this story is how both species on this planet refer to themselves as “men” or “human”. The barbarian Gaals are even referred to as more than beasts, men of themselves. It brings into question what it means to be human.