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The left hand of darkness [kit]
    Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
Publisher: Walker,
Pub date: c1969.
Pages: 10 copies in plastic container +
ISBN: 0441478123
Item info: 12 copies available at WOODROW WILSON.
12 copies total in all locations. 
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KIT SF LEG 10 BK+FOLDER 1 Other Book Group Kit
KIT SF LEG BOOK 10 Book Book Group Kit
KIT SF LEG FOLDER 1 Book Book Group Kit
Summary
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. 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 completely dissimilar culture that 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. Copyright #169; Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Table of Contents
   Introduction
   1. A Parade in Erhenrang 1
   2. The Place Inside the Blizzard 22
   3. The Mad King 27
   4. The Nineteenth Day 43
   5. The Domestication of Hunch 47
   6. One Way into Orgoreyn 72
   7. The Question of Sex 89
   8. Another Way into Orgoreyn 98
   9. Eestraven the Traitor 124
   10. Conversations in Mishnory 130
   11. Soliloquies in Mishnory 149
   12. On Time and Darkness 162
   13. Down on the Farm 165
   14. The Escape 184
   15. To the Ice 200
   16. Between Drumner and Dremegole 221
   17. An Orgota Creation Myth 237
   18. On the Ice 240
   19. Homecoming 263
   20. A Fool's Errand 285
   The Gethenian Calendar and Clock 302
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key: 00648333
ISBN: 0441478123 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0802713025 (25th anniversary edition)
Local Dewey call num: KIT SF LEG
Personal Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
Title: The left hand of darkness [kit]
Edition: Book group discussion kit
Publication info: New York : Walker, c1969.
Physical descrip: 10 copies in plastic container + folder of questions.
Price: 10 BK+FOLDER
General Note: Kit intended for use by book groups.
General Note: Books are accompanied by questions for book group discussion.
General Note: Hugo award book, 1970.
General Note: 25th anniversary edition has a new afterword and appendixes by the author.
Summary: The Terrans have sent a landing party to Gethan and what they find are a people outside their understanding, who do not see one another as men or women, strong or weak.
Subject term: Life on other planets--Fiction.
Subject term: Sex role--Fiction.
Local subject: Book group discussion kits (Fairfax County Public Library)
Local subject: Hugo award books.
892: lm
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