The Left Hand of Darkness
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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George Guidall
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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. 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 completely dissimilar culture that 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.
©1969 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2016 Recorded BooksWhat listeners say about The Left Hand of Darkness
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- Russell Ayres
- 28-04-2024
A beautiful love story on another world
The story pushes through abstractions like technology and biology to assert, in the midst of a strange world with strange, (almost) sexless people to tell a tale of love and friendship between two humans as different from each other as it is possible to be a still be human.
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- Shaun Young
- 03-04-2018
A struggle to get through at times
Le Guin is a linguistic master, many great lines in this book. Average narration however.
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- AncientWisdom
- 04-01-2021
Very hard to follow
The story is good, I think. hard to know because I've struggled with the narration the whole book.
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- Amy Hopper
- 25-05-2018
Loved it
Amazing! So sorry to come to the end. Must read! This is not your usual science fiction, but a study of human nature.
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- CQ
- 30-11-2018
Not as good as I expected
Story started off well, I even soon got used to the narrators strange way of talking, but some parts got a bit long winded and overall it is a very average science fiction story that did not live up to the potential of its great ideas. Also the feminist agenda sprinkled throughout seemed a bit forced and obvious to me.
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- Nickas Serpentarius
- 03-11-2018
Can't get into it.
Can't get into it. The voice actor is really unengaging. Pity because I have heard amazing things about Ursula k le guin. Will have to try reading the book
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- Ken Brown
- 02-08-2018
a fantastic story by one of the greats
loved this story. well told. an interesting look into the issues of patriotism. get it.
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- Mr. Cullan N. Joyce
- 15-07-2022
Quite different than a space opera, but great
A lovely story, kind, dark, lively, and interesting. I recommend catching the vocab, as it was tricky at times.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-11-2022
Well written interesting concepts with an average reader
The reader takes a little bit of getting used to. However, the story is rich and full of psychological and political insights of an alternative world and society.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-05-2024
Narration Too Flat
Unfortunately I found the narration style too flat and my brain found it too difficult to follow along. I ended up not finishing this book, which is a shame because i’ve heard great reviews of the story itself.
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