The Left Hand of Darkness

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The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
science fiction novel
author Ursula K. Le Guin
awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel
awardYear 1970
centralConcept ambisexuality
contains myths and legends of Gethen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Diane Dillon NERFINISHED
Leo Dillon
depicts ambisexual humans
followedBy The Dispossessed
genre science fiction
social science fiction
speculative fiction
hasInfluenceOn gender studies discourse in science fiction
hasISBN 9780441478125
languageFeature invented Gethenian terms
mainCharacter Genly Ai
Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeStructure alternating viewpoints
originalLanguage English
originalPublicationDate 1969-03-01
pageCount over 300 pages
partOf Hainish Cycle
precededBy City of Illusions
publicationYear 1969
publisher Ace Books
Walker & Company
surface form: Walker and Company
recognizedAs classic of science fiction literature
landmark of feminist science fiction
series Hainish Cycle
setInFictionalWorld Gethen
settingType distant planet
subgenre planetary romance
theme betrayal
culture
duality
friendship
gender
identity
loyalty
nationalism
otherness
politics
sexuality

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Ursula K. Le Guin notableWork The Left Hand of Darkness
Hugo Award for Best Novel notableWinner The Left Hand of Darkness
Viking publisherOf The Left Hand of Darkness
Ace Books notablePublication The Left Hand of Darkness
The Dispossessed relatedWork The Left Hand of Darkness
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Hainish Cycle notableWork The Left Hand of Darkness