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.
