num_pages: 366
description: See alternate cover editions here and here.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.
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: 170714
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: Ace