Tennis a new point. A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving. A game is won by the first player to have won at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent. The running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores from zero to three points are described as ""love"", ""15"", ""30"", and ""40"", respectively. If at least three points have been scored by each player, making the player's scores equal at 40 apiece, the score is not called out as "40-40", but
The Word for World Is Forest at interpreting dreams are seen as gods amongst the Athsheans. In the internal chronology of the Hainish universe, the events of "The Word for World is Forest" occur after "The Dispossessed", in which both the ansible and the League of Worlds are unrealised dreams. However, the novel is located prior to "Rocannon's World", in which Terran mindspeech is seen as a distinct possibility. A date of 2368 CE has been suggested by reviewers, although Le Guin provides no direct statement of the date. "The Word for World is Forest" begins from the point of view of Captain Davidson, who is