The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 4.0
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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.

Publication Year: 2019


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    WTF is going on and also i had to look up like ten different words

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    can't wait to properly understand what's going on😭😭😭

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