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The Left Hand of Darkness

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Ursula K. Le Guin's groundbreaking work of science fiction--winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants' gender is fluid. 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 strange, intriguing culture 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.

Book Details

Publisher: Ace Books

First Published: March 1969

Pages:

  • Hardcover: 288
  • Paperback: 336
  • Mass Market Paperback: 368

ISBN:

  • Hardcover: 9780143111597
  • Paperback: 9780441007318
  • Mass Market Paperback: 9780441478125

Physical Information:

  • Hardcover: 1.0" H x 8.3" L x 5.8" W (0.95 lbs
  • Paperback: 0.9" H x 8.29" L x 5.29" W (0.59 lbs)
  • Mass Market Paperback: 1.1" H x 7.3" L x 4.1" W (0.5 lbs)
About the Author

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters. Her body of work includes twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award, along with a PEN/Malamud Award and many other accolades. In 2016 she joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

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