num_pages: 256
description: This outstanding classic of science fiction which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards when first published, is the story of Winter, an Earth-like planet with two major differences. Conditions are semi-arctic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe they have no knowledge of space travel or life beyond their own world. And when a strange envoy from space brings news of a vast coalition of planets which they are invited to join, he is met with fear, mistrust and disbelief...
language: English
title: The Left Hand of Darkness
titlecomplete: The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle, #4)
characters: Argaven XV, Genly Ai, Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Queer, LGBT, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Feminism, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 170789
series: Hainish Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Retrospective, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Futura (Orbit)