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Is there anything to support this Wikipedia claim about Ursula K. Le Guin re-using the planet name...

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21 2 Comments to Lorendiac's answer in this question pointed out an odd coincidence -- Ursula K. Le Guin may have used the same planet name ("Werel") to refer to different worlds in different stories: The related 1960s novels Planet of Exile and City of Illusions The 1995 novella collection Four Ways to Forgiveness The Wikipedia article for Four Ways to Forgiveness claims This 'Werel' is not the same as the world called Werel in Le Guin's Planet of Exile and City of Illusions. but there isn't any citation or explanation why. Both novels are set in the "Hainish Cycle" universe and both involve liberation from slavery. In PoEx and CoI the Werelese are liberators but in FWtF they are the enslavers. Is there any statement from LeGuin herself about any rel...