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.