The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

Synopsis: 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.

1974 NEBULA AWARD WINNER
1975 HUGO AWARD WINNER

First Published: 1974 | ISBN-13: 978-1857988826

Author’s Homepage: http://www.ursulakleguin.com

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