The Dispossessed

Book Details

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Author(s):

Ursula K Le Guin

First Pub:

1974

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

13 chapters

Internal ID:

1642

Series:

<- The Word for World Is Forest - Four Ways to Forgiveness ->

Hainish Cycle*

#6 of 9

Hainish Cycle*

A series of science fiction books by Ursula K LeGuin.

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1) Rocannon's World
2) Planet of Exile
3) City of Illusions
4) The Left Hand of Darkness
5) The Word for World Is Forest
6) The Dispossessed
7) Four Ways to Forgiveness
8) The Telling
9) The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

Copyright:

Dedication:

for the partner

First Sentence:

There was a wall.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

His hands were empty, as they had always been.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 31-May-2015

Last Updated: 08-Apr-2020

Publications

01-Jan-2011

HarperVoyager

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2011

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$7.99

Pages*:

387

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2087

Publisher:

HarperVoyager

ISBN:

0-061-05488-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-061-05488-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Danilo Ducak - Cover Artist

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING
AUTHOR OF A FISHERMAN OF THE INLAND
SEA AND SEA ROAD

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. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and probably his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

THE
DISPOSSESSED

A CLASSIC NOVEL OF SCIENCE FICTION

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Notes and Comments:

First Harper Voyager mass market printing: August 2011
First Eos paperback printing: August 2001
First HarperPrisms paperback printing: September 1994
First HarperPaperback printing: September 1991
First Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. hardcover edition: June 1974
44th printing based on the number line
Other prices: Canada: $10.99

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Author(s)

Ursula K Le Guin

Awards

1975 Locus Magazine Best SF Novel Winner
1975 World Science Fiction Society Hugo Award - Best Novel Winner

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1975	Locus Magazine	Best SF Novel	Winner
1975	World Science Fiction Society	Hugo Award - Best Novel	Winner