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The Left Hand of Darkness (Remembering Tomorrow)

by Ursula K Le Guin

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Awards

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
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Synopses & Reviews

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A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

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"A jewel of a story." Frank Herbert

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"A science fiction masterpiece." Newsweek

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"Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own." Boston Globe

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"As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings" Michael Moorcock

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"An instant classic." Minneapolis Star Tribune

Synopsis:

Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning, groundbreaking science fiction classic takes us to the world of Winter, and introduces us to its inhabitants, the Gethenians-whose society is not based on gender roles.
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Katherine Stuart, November 20, 2008 (view all comments by Katherine Stuart)
A beautiful example of the flexibility of Le Guin’s writing with parts of it being official reports, parts of it a record of a people’s myths, and parts excerpts from a person’s diary. She accomplishes the study of gender that Heinlein so clumsily failed at in I Will Fear No Evil. And she does it so well. How does a man live among and relate to a people who have no true gender? Le Guin proceeds to answer this and she also, in a way no one has ever done before, shows me the true bias and danger of using the male pronoun as the gender neutral pronoun – the way Gentry Ai so effectively silences the feminine.

It’s stunning, brutal and bittersweet. A friend of mine says it belongs in the best 50 books ever written in the English language. I’m inclined to agree.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780441478125
Introduction:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Author:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Publisher:
ACE Charter
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Subject:
Science / General
Copyright:
c196
Edition Description:
Ace mass-market ed., 50th anniversary ed..
Series:
Remembering Tomorrow
Series Volume:
200
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.88x4.26x.93 in. .34 lbs.
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