The Dispossessed
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Published:12th Aug '99
Should be back in stock very soon
No.16 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power. She sets up enormous challenges and meets them fully; she invites, as Tolkien does, total belief' Observer 'To be read again and again' - The Times
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle
'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE MAGAZINE
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle
'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES
'The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle
'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER
The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres.
But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.
The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin -- Roddy Doyle * THE TIMES *
The Dispossessed paints a hopeful; and complex portrait of a society rooted in collectivism -- Naomi Klein
An extraordinary work ... [Le Guin] created a working society in exquisite detail ... a fully realised hypothetical culture [as well as] living breathing characters who are inevitable products of that culture
This remains a challenging and urgent book * Guardian *
A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again * THE TIMES *
Le Guin's book ... is so persuasive that it ought to put a stop to the writing of prescriptive Utopias for at least 10 years * NEW YORK TIMES *
Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power * OBSERVER *
A seamless creation: everything is made up, nothing seems arbitrary * New York Times Book Review *
[Le Guin had] the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka, revelation and revolution * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
One of our finest projectionists of brave old and other worlds * Kirkus Reviews *
One of the great American political novels . . . Full of intrigue and drama * LA Review of Books *
Written with thought, care - even love * Times Literary Supplement *
Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be * Empire *
The Dispossessed is still one of Sci-Fi's' smartest books . . . Remains a thoughtful exploration of politics and economics nearly 50 years later * Wired *
A deeply imagined work of art * Encyclopedia of Science Fiction *
Dystopia and utopia are entwined in Le Guin's story of hierarchy-bound Urras and its anarchist neighbour planet Anarres. With stylish prose and intellectual rigour, Le Guin charts the journey of young physicist Shevek, whose theories cause upheaval on both planets, as he struggles to survive, falls in love and contemplates human society -- Sophie Mackintosh * i Paper *
- Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1975
ISBN: 9781857988826
Dimensions: 133mm x 200mm x 21mm
Weight: 239g
336 pages