This science fiction novel is the story of Winter, an Earth-like planet with two major differences. Conditions are semi-arctic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. The book has won the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
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This science fiction novel is the story of Winter, an Earth-like planet with two major differences. Conditions are semi-arctic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. The book has won the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
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Very good. Square spine, unmarked pages. There is some shelf-wear, as well as some minor creasing to the back panel and first promotional leaf. Alex Ebel, who also illustrated the movie poster for Friday the 13th, conjures an icy landscape that perfectly captures this novel's themes of androgyny and betrayal for this edition's cover. According to Le Guin, when world-building Gethen, she set out to 'eliminate gender, to see what was left. ' In her introduction to this edition, she remarks, 'Almost anything carried to its logical extreme becomes depressing, if not carcinogenic. '
Le Guin, provokes the reader gently, instilling a fleeting sense of warm recognition and you cant help but investigate earth ideals about govenment, sexuality, friendship and culture clash. Beautifully written, this book maintains a sense of hush and cold breath floating in the still night air....
