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
SALES POINTS 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
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
*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*
I think that everyone on earth, and everyone who cares about being
alive, should read THE DISPOSSESSED
*adrienee maree brown*
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
*i Paper*
A work of extraordinary imagination and compassion
*Atlantic*
Le Guin's most philosophical novel ... a study of character,
ideology and the constant of change
*New York Times*
Le Guin's characters, especially Shevek and his family, are complex
and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy
grace
*Time*
One of the most important science fiction novels of the last
several years
*Library Journal*
I would be hard pressed to think of another novel that made as
strong an impression on me
*Anthony Ha, author of LOVE SONGS FOR MONSTERS*
THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS and THE DISPOSSESSED challenged me to
reimagine what human culture might look like - challenged me to
imagine how we might throw off the death grip of capitalism, and
its attendant values of patriarchy and racism. In each of them, I
was transported by Le Guin's prose - lyrical and rich and
deliberate in its rhythms. And in each one of them, I found, there
was a scene I stopped to reread, sometimes more than once - a scene
so powerful it actually moved me to tears
*Literary Hub*
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