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Jan 1, 2001 · Ursula K. Le Guin. 4.25. 125,712 ratings9,887 reviews. Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe.
The Dispossessed (subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number of books to win all three Hugo, Locus and Nebula Awards for Best Novel.
This compelling story was originally published under the title The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia in 1974 by Harper & Row. Though it is often considered the fifth book of the Hainish Cycle, Ursula maintained that there is no particular cycle or order for the Ekumen novels.
Jan 1, 1974 · A physicist from isolated Anarres travels to the mother planet, Urras, in hopes of dissolving the hatred that exists between them. Report an issue with this product or seller. Part of series. Hainish Cycle. Print length. 341 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Harper & Row Pub., NY.
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Ursula K. Le Guin. EOS, 2001 - Fiction - 387 pages. Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of...
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is one of several of Ursula Le Guin’s works chronicling the evolution of a “League of all Worlds” governed by principles superior to those of known...
Oct 13, 2009 · I find this a challenging read, on several levels across multiple fields. The informal subtitle is “An Ambiguous Utopia”. I agree it is ambiguous but I find no utopia. It comes across to me as dystopic. It’s a society founded on anarchic communal ideals, in a backdrop much like the Israeli kibbutzim from the very late 1800s to 1960s.
