The Left Hand of Darkness
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Series:
Hainish series volume 6.
Published:
Penguin Publishing Group 2000
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure:
970L
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Description
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.
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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Street Date:
07/01/2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101665398
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B00YBA7PGW
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7, 15 Points
Level 7, 15 Points
Lexile measure:
970
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Ursula K. Le Guin. (2000). The Left Hand of Darkness. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ursula K. Le Guin. 2000. The Left Hand of Darkness. Penguin Publishing Group.
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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...
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