The Left Hand of Darkness
- ISBN-10
- 1857230744
- ISBN-13
- 9781857230741
- Series
- The Left Hand of Darkness
- Category
- Human-alien encounters
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Orbit Books
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Description
Winter is an Earth-like planet with two major differences: conditions are semi artic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space travel or of life beyond their own world. And when a strange envoy from space brings news of a vast coalition of planets which they are invited to join, he is met with fear, mistrust and disbelief. . . 'The Left Hand of Darkness' is a groundbreaking work of feminist science fiction, an imaginative masterpiece which poses challenging questions about sexuality, sexism and the organisation of society.
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