Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition

Contributor(s): Le Guin, Ursula K (Author), Mitchell, David (Foreword by), Anders, Charlie Jane (Afterword by)

ISBN: 9780441007318

Publisher: Ace Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$19.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$31.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$30.75 (100+ copies: $30)

List/retail price:

$19.00

Pub Date: July 1, 2000

Dewey: FIC

Lexile Code: 0970

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.29" L x 5.29" W ( 0.59 lbs) 336 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Ace Science Fiction

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000062984 ( Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition)

Reading level: 7.00

Interest level: UG

Point value: 15.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for "Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year", this famous novel tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. "An instant classic".--"Minneapolis Star-Tribune".

Review Quotes: Praise for The Left Hand of Darkness

"[A] science fiction masterpiece."--Newsweek

"A jewel of a story."--Frank Herbert

"As profuse and original in invention as The Lord of the Rings."--Michael Moorcock

"An instant classic."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Like all great writers of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin creates imaginary worlds that restore us, hearts eased, to our own."--The Boston Globe

"A towering figure in science fiction and fantasy."--NPR

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