The Left Hand of Darkness

50th Anniversary Edition

epub, 341 pages

English language

Published June 30, 2000 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-101-66539-8
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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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Great read

4 stars

I feel like I need to read this again some time. So many ideas to think about. Probably missed half of them. Found the start a bit difficult to get into, but couldn't put it down after the first half. My edition has an afterword with some valid critique in it as well but considering it was written such a long time ago it still feels very relevant today.