The Dispossessed

Ursula K. le Guin

Book 1 of Hainish Cycle

Language: English

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Fiction Science Fiction

Publisher: Orion

Published: Jan 1, 1974

Awards: Hugo.Best Novel.Winner.1975
List Of Awards: Hugo
Date Read: Dec 11, 1994
Form: Novel
Pages: 382
Read Status: read
Shelves: read
Word Count: 116833

Description:

The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.