The Dispossessed

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE MAGAZINE

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