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Description edit
Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning, groundbreaking science fiction classic takes us to the world of Winter, and introduces us to its inhabitants, the Gethenians-whose society is not based on gender roles.
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Quotes edit
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“'Light is the left hand of darkness, And darkness the right hand of light, Two are one, life and death, Lying together like lovers in kemmer, Like hands joined together, Like the end and the way.'”
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“But bethink you, there is always a price. The asker pays what he has to pay.”
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“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”
Faxe
First Sentence edit
I'LL MAKE MY REPORT AS IF I TOLD A STORY, FOR I WAS taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 8 in Hainish Cycle. (standard series)
Preceded by City of Illusions, and followed by The Dispossessed.
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
This is book 15 of 40 in SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by A Canticle for Leibowitz, and followed by Rite of Passage.
This is book 2 of 10 in Science Fiction Masterworks Hardcover Series. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Dune, and followed by The Man in the High Castle.
This is book 45 of 100 in National Public Radio's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Ringworld, and followed by The Silmarillion.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Krista Kaer (Translator)
- Tiina Reinsalu (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 1857230744
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Ace books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 1857230744
Page Count: 304
Awards edit
- Hugo (1970: Best science fiction or fantasy novel)
- Nebula (1969: Best Novel)
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award (Retrospective Winner)
- The Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame (2003)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3562.E42L39
- Dewey: 813.54
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