Avon Books, 1974. Urras, the parent world, is a hierarchical, industrial society. Annares, the moon, features a society based on Taoist, anarchist and libertarian principles. Shevek of Annares, a great physicist, travels to Urras after tiring of Annares' stagnation. The novel portrays his travels and experiences on both worlds.
Chapters alternate between the two worlds and between time periods.
In creating a convincing anarchist society, Le Guin also manages to address the problems that arise in a libertarian society. A thought- provoking introduction to anarchist possibilities. Woman on the Edge of Time. Yet Connie is sane, and can communicate with the future, a future that features an egalitarian society living in harmony with nature. Piercy effectively contrasts the libertarian society of the future with the madness of the present.