Left Hand of Darkness A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece
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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.Left Hand of Darkness A groundbreaking feminist literary masterpiece
One of the best science fiction novels ever written
- George R.R. Martin,
A jewel of a story
- Frank Herbert,
Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself
- Zadie Smith,
Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart
The exquisite prose . . . sings with every step. It is one thing to write a good story, or a great story. It is a whole other accomplishment, for an author of fiction, to write a true story
- Becky Chambers,
A rich and complex story of friendship and love
Guardian
One of the most extraordinary examples of soft-core sf . . . reflects the author's formidable background in anthropology as well as her overriding ethical and artistic concerns
New York Times
No single story did more to upend the genre's conventions
Paris Review
Le Guin's novel imagines how bridges can be built, chasms crossed. By the end, the book has changed us. Thus, the author not only demonstrates how to build worlds. She shows why we build worlds in the first place.
Tor.com
As profuse and original in invention as <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>
- Michael Moorcock,
Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart
- David Mitchell,
One of the best science fiction novels ever written
- George R.R. Martin,
A jewel of a story
- Frank Herbert,
Genre cannot contain Ursula Le Guin: she is a genre in herself
- Zadie Smith,
Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart
The exquisite prose . . . sings with every step. It is one thing to write a good story, or a great story. It is a whole other accomplishment, for an author of fiction, to write a true story
- Becky Chambers,
A rich and complex story of friendship and love
Guardian
One of the most extraordinary examples of soft-core sf . . . reflects the author's formidable background in anthropology as well as her overriding ethical and artistic concerns
New York Times
No single story did more to upend the genre's conventions
Paris Review
Le Guin's novel imagines how bridges can be built, chasms crossed. By the end, the book has changed us. Thus, the author not only demonstrates how to build worlds. She shows why we build worlds in the first place.
Tor.com
As profuse and original in invention as <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>
- Michael Moorcock,
Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart
- David Mitchell,