Overview
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle
''A well told tale signifying a good deal; one 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'' Roddy Doyle
''Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER
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.
- | Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
- | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- | Publication Date: Aug 12, 1999
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781857988826
- | ISBN-10: 1857988825
