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50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
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.
Editions of The Left Hand of Darkness
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441007318
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478040
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478057
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478064
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478071
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478088
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478095
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478101
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478118
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780441478125
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101665398
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50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
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.
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50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Left Hand of Darkness?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Left Hand of Darkness is available as paperback(ISBN 9780441007318) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478040) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478057) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478064) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478071) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478088) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478095) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478101) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478118) and paperback(ISBN 9780441478125) and ebook(ISBN 9781101665398)
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