Book Title: The Left Hand of Darkness
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
In the world of Winter, a habitable planet lightyears away from earth where people are physiologically ambisexual- no fixed sex and the experience of sexual desire and coitous only transpire during a certain sexual cycle, an envoy from earth determines to convince the race to join the league of planets for the purpose of intergalactic collaboration. This is not an easy feat for Gethenians are afraid of the unknown and their politics is not in a good state. The two predominant nations are not to be dealt with ease as it slowly harbors danger for the envoy’s life.
This is a classic scifi. A well thought-out story and universe that deliver greatly on the aspect of believability and uniqueness. The writing is purely eloquent though it might lack humor and constant dynamic. Like any other classics, this might not appeal to the majority chiefly to those who are greatly consumed by the height of YA and contemporary. And Science fiction genre is not for everybody in the whole sense of preference. In the aspect of literary mastery and critical taste, the book is perfection.
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Genly Ai:
“It is yin and yang. Light is the left hand of darkness…how did it go? Light, dark, Fear, courage. Cold, warmth. Female, male. It is yourself. Therem. Both and one. A shadow on snow.” -The Left Hand of Darkness
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