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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Baby-Sitters Club Club guys raved about her on episode 51 of What Should I Read Next. The Guardian praised this Hugo and Nebula winner for its "readability", saying, "More than politics, more than science, The Left Hand of Darkness is a rich and complex story of friendship and love."
About the Book
Publisher’s description:
Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. 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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