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News: Sci-Fi Classic ‘Left Hand of Darkness’ to Be an E-Book

Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that the digital edition of the 1969 novel will be on sale July 15.

Le Guin, 85, has written more than 20 books and last fall received an honorary National Book Award.

“The Left Hand of Darkness,” a gender-defying tale set in the distant future on the planet Winter, has been widely praised for its insights about feminism and sociology.

About The Left Hand of Darkness

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
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.

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