The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

"Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth, Dune - and such a world is Winter." Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1969 groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Now as a 50th Anniversary Edition with an introduction by David Mitchell and afterword by Charlie Jane Anders.

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.