graphoid reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
It didn't click with me.
3 stars
I stopped reading it.
Kindle Edition, 320 pages
English language
Published July 30, 2000 by Ace.
The Left Hand of Darkness
4 stars
(5 reviews)
A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. 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.
Arunsr1ni reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Review of 'The Left Hand of Darkness' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Beautiful beautiful work and I'm happy to have discovered le Guin. The work squeezed my heart, made me read deep into the night.
A dense story that explores a relationship between an androgynous species and a man sent to make them join a larger confederation of planets. The book is special in that it reads as though it was real, as though the author lived with them. Deep account of nuances of humankind iced with the history and culture of a species that can change sex every 23 days.
This isn't expanse or Rama books., It is slow, dense, deep, dark, philosophical and ultimately rewarding and I feel better off reading it.
