The Left Hand of Darkness

<b>50th Anniversary Edition, with a new introduction by David Mitchell and a new afterword by Charlie Jane Anders</b><br /><br />Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.<br /><br />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...<br /><br />Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world,<i>The Left Hand of Darkness</i>stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.