Ace Science Fiction The Left Hand of Darkness, (Paperback)

from DanTarlin

I decided to read this book again- I did so 30 years ago when I was in college, and didn't remember anything about it except that I liked it back then. At that time, I read a bunch of Leguin's book...

from lycomayflower

Had a good deal of trouble with this one. The writing was good, and sometimes rose to beautiful sentences, and I found the social and cultural commentary interesting and the world-building fascinat...

from ladycato

This was my first time reading this classic work of science fiction. Genly Ai is an Earth-bore ambassador for a confederacy of planets called the Ekumen. He is on the planet Gethen, which is locked...

from kell1732

Finding female authors in the science fiction genre can be a challenge (which is highly unfortunate since some of the best science fiction I've read has been by women) but for some reason it took m...

from trixtah

"It is yin and yang. 'Light is the left hand of darkness.' ...Light, dark. Fear, courage. Cold, warmth. Female, male. ...Both and one. A shadow on snow". This is one of the seminal works in science...