num_pages: 286
description: Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. 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 completely dissimilar culture that 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.
language: English
title: The Left Hand of Darkness
titlecomplete: The Left Hand of Darkness
characters: Genly Ai, Therem Harth rem ir Estraven, Argaven XV
genres: Classics, LGBT, Feminism, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 170781
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: Macdonald