The Left Hand of Darkness

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Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. The inventiveness and delicacy with which Le Guin portrays her alien world are not only unusual and inspiring, they are fundamental to almost all decent science fiction that has been written since. In fact, reading Le Guin again may cause the eye to narrow somewhat disapprovingly at the younger generation: what new ground are they breaking that is not already explored here with greater skill and acumen? It cannot be said, however, that this is a rollicking good story. Le Guin takes a lot of time to explore her characters, the world of her creation, and the philosophical themes that arise.

If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.

The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson

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Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning, groundbreaking science fiction classic takes us to the world of Winter, and introduces us to its inhabitants, the Gethenians-whose society is not based on gender roles.

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for Dune lovers... but not for me.......2007-09-06

Lovers of books like Dune would appreciate this book. Perhaps even readers of Lord of the Rings would also like this book very much. But these aforementioned books aren't my forte and neither is Left Hand of Darkness. I prefer my "hard sci-fi" or sci-fi with spaceships and weapons. But sci-fi which creates a world, culture and language from the get-go of the book and throws names of strange places and people like they're commonplace seems a bit... for a lack of better words... fantasy-like rather than science fiction.

If anything, this book bored me to bits.

Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Genly Ai has the role of ambassador of sorts, sent to invite a new world to join the Ekumen society, which is an alliance of different planets, of a sort.

The planet he is an emissary to has people he finds it pretty hard to understand for quite a while, with their fluid and changeable sexual characteristics and roles.

Misunderstandings and confusion abound, as well as political conflict when Genly and the prime minister he was cultivating end up on the run.

Skillfully explores the impact of gender and environment on the individual, well written, and a classic. Recommended.......2007-08-29

Genly Ai is a human, sent as an ambassador to an alien world called Winter, so called because it exists in an extended ice age. The inhabitants of Winter are also human, but they are neuter hermaphrodites, living in neither gender for most of the time, and assuming either gender when in estrus. Genly Ai must bridge the gap of culture and gender in order to bring Winter and its inhabitants into the growing galactic civilization. Writing with thoughtful detail about her characters, life on Winter, and issues of culture shock, politics, and gender, Le Guin's text is skillful, thought-provoking, and readable despite the various and difficult contents. This is a science fiction classic, and while I don't consider it a personal favorite, I do recommend it.

The strength of this text is Le Guin's skillful grasp of the realism and detail of her fictional alien planet and species. The inhabitants of Winter may be human, but there are significant details between the humans that the readers are familiar with, embodied in the character of Genly, and the alien residents. The primary difference is the issue of gender, which is a large focus of the book--so much so that this focus feels blatant at times. The narrator's sexism is also somewhat dated, making the focus on gender all the more clunky and exaggerated. On the whole, however, the issue of gender and how it defines both the individual and human interactions, is relevant, dynamic, and addressed from many angles, including that of the realistically biased narrator and the sensitive author.

The habitant and life on Winter also makes up a significant section of the text, and Le Guin approaches this in incredible, realistic detail--enough to tell a gritty extended story but, thankfully, never enough to bore the reader. This is a thin line to tread on, and Le Guin does so with skill and grace. While not the most alien of alien cultures, Winter and its inhabitants are skillfully rendered and open up a new, wide world to the reader.

All this lauding aside, I didn't find this to be an exceptional or memorable text. I suspect that this may simply be a matter of personal preference: I enjoyed reading this book and appreciate the author's skill in writing it, but I can't imagine rereading it, nor did I find it memorable. I just wasn't particularly taken with plot, character, or story. (I rated the book four stars based on this personal preference.) However, I do recommend it. Your taste may not be mine, so you may find this text more interesting than I did; even if you don't, the book remains skillful and important, and is a science fiction staple. I recommend it.

Difficult reading curve, but a truly rewarding experience.......2007-08-25

This book is a difficult read initially due to the alien names and terminology, particuarly since the author sets off almost immediately with the protragonist right in the middle of a political fight on this planet. However, do not let that detract you from reading this beautifully-written book. By the end of the book, I felt strongly interested in Ai and Estraven.

The biological science suggested by the author is compelling, but while reading the book I wondered if the hermaphroditic nature of the aliens was really anything more than a superficial plot device. The vague sexual tension between Ai and Estraven was indeed palpable, but would the story have been just as interesting without any of it? By the end, I decided the story was equally strong either way.

Highly recommended.

The cure for homophobia?.......2007-07-02

This book is incredible. I'm impressed with how Le Guin says so much in so few words. Huge open door for a good sequel, though I'm not familiar with any. Read this for a good adventure into another world where a human becomes accepted and accepts the differences of an alien culture. I'm not sure of a better story for high school students. On the other hand, any book is better if you choose to read it yourself, and I highly recommend it. One of my co-workers is a complete homophobe, and he asked if he could borrow this when finished. Initially I hesitated (not saying why), but decided this book would do him (and anyone) a lot of good.

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Science fiction worthy of some careful contemplation

The Left Hand Of Darkness
Ursula L. Le Guin
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Science fiction worthy of some careful contemplation.......2007-09-23

I'll admit to focusing my attention in completely the wrong direction, and taking issue with this book for its absolutely abusive use of special relativity. It's completely unfair to take advantage of time dilation to create "time jumps", where people can travel between planets without aging much (that is physically correct), but still allow the use of an ansible to communicate with remote people "instantaneously" (incorrect - in special relativity "simultaneous" and "instantaneous" are subjective. If you think you're communicating with someone instantaneously, someone else in a different reference frame would think your conversation parter is actually answering your questions BEFORE you ask them.)

But it's science fiction, so it'd be unfair to condemn the book just for that. As a sociological meditation, I found the book intriguing. It posits a race of hermaphroditic humans. Reading the book then becomes an exercise in trying to understand a character not as being male or female, but simply as being a personality. Gender is so steeply ingrained in our minds' processing of all social interactions, that forgetting about gender is nearly impossible. But to the extent that I was able to do it, it granted some insight, I think. Maybe, many years from now, I'll be able to think of a person's gender as being only a secondary or tertiary way to classify them - the primary way having become certain personality traits that seem to characterize them most. Still, I doubt it's any time soon that I'll be able to think of men and women in the same way. (It's not like I particularly want to treat my girlfriend the same way as my best friend anyway, but it's at least amusing to think about it.) I think one the the best things that can be said for science fiction is it invites us to enter strange, alien worlds. This forces us to adapt our minds to thinking in unfamiliar ways. When we return to real life, maybe things look a little different, and old prejudices shrink. Maybe.

As an adventure story, the novel was pretty good, although it wasn't the adventure that was its greatest strength. There's a fair amount of politics, which I always find confusing and not truly necessary to follow to get the point. But I did like that fact that the story was about an alien coming down to a planet, telling people about all the wonderful riches of technology, culture, and interstellar brotherhood that they would like to share, and all the while the people on the planet only care about using the alien to get one step ahead of the Jones'. They all completely miss the point, too narrowly stuck in their provincial, planetary thinking to see the greater picture of what's being offered. And the more I think about it, the more I see a lot of truth in that.

Finally, LeGuin is a wonderful writer. The opening scene, introducing the planet itself (ironically, the only hot day described on a frigid planet in the midst of an ice age) and a parade put on by its inhabitants, is very beautiful. The attention to detail and scene gives way later in the book to focus more on plot and character than on background, as it probably should, but occasionally this slower, picture-in-words type style returns for a few indulgent pages.

So I recommend this book for all these aspects. While I don't think it's a true masterwork in any area, it's a very high-quality piece of writing from a variety of dimensions, and it was well worth my time to read it.

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Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for best Scfi Novel of the year.

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Enthusiastically recommended compendium of original stories

Brooklyn IS Noir, T'roo an' T'roo

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Brooklyn Noir
Pete Hamill , Maggie Estep , Neal Pollack , Nelson George , Sidney Offit , Arthur Nersesian , Ellen Miller , Ken Bruen , Kenji Jasper , Pearl Abraham , and Chris Niles
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New York's punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today's best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn's historical and criminal largesse, with all of its dark splendor. Each contributor presents a brand new story set in a distinct neighborhood.

Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of the mystery genre with the best of New York's literary fiction community-and, of course, leaves room for new blood. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Hasidic Jews, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish and many other ethnicities-in the most diverse urban location on the planet.

Contributors include Pete Hamill, Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Arthur Nersesian, Pearl Abraham, Ellen Miller, Maggie Estep, Adam Mansbach, CJ Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, and many others.

Akashic Books announces Brooklyn novelist Tim McLoughlin as the editor of the anthology (in addition to his contributing a story). McLoughlin's respect on any Brooklyn street predates the publication of his debut novel Heart of the Old Country (Akashic, 2001), a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program that was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "an inspired cross between Richard Price and Ross McDonald." For years, McLoughlin has worked in the Kings County Supreme Court in downtown Brooklyn.

Praise for McLoughlin's Heart of the Old Country:
". . . cracks with the authenticity that only a writer with a perfect ear can accomplish."-Bob Leuci, author of Blaze

"McLoughlin writes about South Brooklyn with a fidelity to people and place reminiscent of James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan and George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London."-Sidney Offit, author of Memoir of the Bookie's Son

Customer Reviews:

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent.......2004-10-09

I can't rememember the last time I enjoyed a book like this! The stories make you go 180, the writing is diverse and the authors are simply great. I HIGHLY recommend this book for someone who is into city-life literature with an edge and infinite creativity.

1/2 way thru analysis.......2004-08-31

After reading how highly regarded this book is, I decided to buy it. Enthusiastic with the location of stories, I couldn't wait to start reading. Unfortunately the first few stories were nothing brilliant or even what I expected of a Noirish genre writing. I've already skipped 2 stories because the first couple of pages into the stories did not hold my interest. Honestly, I'm disappointed with the book so far. To it's credit, I'm only 1/2 or so into it, and do intend to finish reading it. One writer did make an impact with a premise that was fantastically new and alive. Thomas Morrissey, Can't Catch Me. This was a piece that I will remember from the compilation, whereas the others will probably be forgotten.

Enthusiastically recommended compendium of original stories.......2004-08-10

Expertly compiled and edited by Tim McLoughlin, Brooklyn Noir is an enthusiastically recommended compendium of original stories by twenty of today's best writers against the background of Brooklyn -- one of the toughest borough's of New York City. From Coney Island, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bay Ridge, To Red Hook, Bushwick, Sheepshead Bay, and Park Slope, these are stories enriched with historical and criminal largesse with each tale set in a distinct Brooklyn neighborhood. From Pete Hamill's "The Book Signing", to Norman Kelley's "The Code", to Lou Manfredo's "Case Closed", to C. J. Sullivan's "Slipping into Darkness", Brooklyn Noir serves up deftly told tales that will linger in the mind's imagination long after this outstanding anthology is placed back upon the shelf.

Brooklyn IS Noir, T'roo an' T'roo.......2004-07-20

I've never read much crime fiction, or so-called "genre" fiction of any kind, really, but I'd heard such good things about Brooklyn Noir that I decided to give it a try. Plus, it seemed like a good summer read and a good way to get away from work for a while. I was not disappointed.

This book is a lot of fun and reminds me a bit of McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, the only other genre compilation I've read in recent years. However, unlike Thrilling Tales, Brooklyn Noir doesn't have any clunkers. (Of course, there's another big difference: namely, it's all crime fiction and--with one delightful exception that I leave you to discover on your own--it doesn't have any fantastical or supernatural stories).

Every story is a pleasure to read and is just the right length. Plots or styles that I have a feeling might grow stale or a little tiresome in a full-blown novel are perfect for the 15 to 20 pages that make up most of the stories in this collection. Cops and robbers, thugs and gumshoes--this book is just bursting with cool and feels like such a guilty pleasure for an avid reader of so-called "literary fiction." I read most of the stories before going to bed at night, and I felt like an excited little kid the whole time, nestled under the covers with a flashlight and just hoping that my mom wouldn't come in and tell me it was time for me to get to sleep. Each story is so compelling that it's tough to put the book down when you finish the one you're reading.

The seedy setting of Brooklyn is so effective and so masterfully crafted that someone like me with little background in either crime fiction or Brooklyn can't help but wonder if noir itself would even be possible in another city. Though each writer makes the city his or her own, they all give the impression that Brooklyn is noir, and vice versa; the two cannot be disjoined. The TOC includes a nice touch, though: it provides the particular neighborhood in which each story is set, showing that though Brooklyn has unifying characteristics and a general inclination to noir, it also contains multitudes. Think that Park Slope is the same as Downtown? Sunset Park and Canarsie no different than Coney Island, Brooklyn Heights, Bensonhurst, or Brighton Beach? Think again, and get ready to witness the differences.

The epigraph that begins the book, "Dere's no guy livin' dat knows Brooklyn t'roo an' t'roo, because it'd take a guy a lifetime just to find his way aroun' duh f---- town" (from Thomas Wolfe's "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn"), makes a good point. But by the time you finish the book, you feel like you do in fact know the city t'roo an' t'roo. Perhaps that's because you don't have the word of one guy. You have 20 unique perspectives, each with a different voice, angle, agenda, and incredible story to tell.

I won't single out any stories for special attention, because I really don't want to run the risk of leaving some of the best stories out. They really are all worth reading. Just get this book and read them all. Have fun!

BOOKING BROOKLYN.......2004-07-02

Mr. McLoughlin's second book is bound to outsell his first. Why? He has put his heart into this book. Mr. McLoughlin's book tells it as it is, and it is hard to put the book down. Mr. McLoughlin knows about crime, having worked for many years in the criminal justice system. Run, don't walk, to your local bookstore to get it, or order it online. You won't be let down.

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On the heels of the stunning success of the Summer '04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York's punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers short stories by the classic authors who blazed the path for the success of the first volume, which award-winning mystery author Laura Lippman called, "a stunningly perfect combination . . . the writing is flat-out superb, filled with lines that will sing in your head for a long time to come." Brooklyn Noir was featured in every media outlet in New York City (including two New York Times features and an appearance on the Leonard Lopate NPR radio show), as well as publications and media all across the country (and the UK, Australia, Italy, etc.).

Once again in Brooklyn Noir 2, each story is set in a distinct Brooklyn neighborhood and mixes masters of genre with some of the best literary fiction writers to ever set foot in the borough. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish, and many other ethnicities--in the most diverse urban location on the planet.

Contributors:H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Carolyn Wheat, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Jr., Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maggie Estep, Salvatore La Puma, and Irwin Shaw.

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Brooklyn Noir 2: the Classics.......2006-11-10

Interesting concept...a follow-up to the excellent Brooklyn Noir 1 with a collection of "classic" short stories ranging in tone from H.P. Lovecraft's stately "Horror at Red Hook" to Hubert Selby's torrid "Talala"
(an excerpt from "Last Exit to Brooklyn"). Something here to please everyone, but not everything to everyone's taste. Not quite as entertaining as the original BN1 but the stories are well chosen and varied in style, a worthy addition to the Noir collections.

Dear, dirty Brooklyn.......2006-07-09

Superior to Manhattan Noir and Bklyn Noir 1. Ranges from the elegant (and enraged) H. P. Lovecraft (originally from Rhode Island, so what can you expect?) to Selby's dreamy, slick brutalities (a prose style halfway between Henry Miller's and William Burroughs's). Brooklyn (being Brooklyn) allows for the fine-tuning of realism in the canon of American prose styles. Wolfe's attempt to reproduce Brooklyn speech fails pitifully (just as do Hollywood's attempts to suggest Southern speech), but Selby's waterfront Brooklyn of WW 2 succeeds (see the German film production of LAST EXIT: is that Jennifer Jason Leigh as the perky, scrofulous siren of the Bklyn waterfront?). Unfortunately, Flatbush is totally absent (as it is in Bklyn Noir 1). During WW 1, Flatbush was the epitome of middle-class American aspirations ("When it's nesting time in Flatbush..."). Miller's Death of a Salesman comes out of Flatbush, as do portions of Malamud and Edmund Wilson ("Princess with the Golden Hair"). And don't forget Woody Allen. Somehow, both vols of Bklyn Noir omit this fertile enclave. Essential reading for students of American literature.

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Interesting and entertaining but lacking depth.......2006-10-31

Having been inspired by Mr. Miller's "Singer Trilogy," I was surprised to not like this book more than I did. It did not engage my interest enough to make me desire to read the sequels. The story was entertaining and the writing is very good. It just seems to lack the underlying message appeal of the Singer trilogy. The characters and theme seem difficult to relate to and lack the depth I had come to expect from this author. Interesting and good but relative to the author's other books, not Mr. Miller's best.

This is the second best book I have ever read........1999-08-02

When I looked at the cover I thought it would be a boring book. It turns out that I liked it alot. It is about a Graygill man who's x best friend takes over the continent they live on. He turns alot of people evil. There are horrible battles and distructin. This is a cool 11 year old kind of book

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Nancy Lieberman-Cline is one of basketball's greatest-ever women players: the first high-school athlete to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team and the first woman to play in a men's professional league. She teams up with Robin Roberts, a great college player and successful sportscaster for ABC and ESPN, to share her insights and help women use physical drills, mental techniques and plain old basketball strategy to hone their skills to the sharpest.

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If you're serious about playing basketball at a high level, Basketball for Women: Becoming a Complete Player will help you get there. Inside you'll find

• 111 drills for improving offensive and defensive skills;

• guidelines and programs for physical conditioning;

• ways to maximize practice time and game performance; and

• tips for handling the recruitment process.

Nancy Lieberman-Cline, a legend in women's basketball on the college, Olympic, and professional levels, has competed against the best players in the game . . . Magic Johnson, Cheryl Miller, Lynette Woodard, Sheryl Swoopes, and Isiah Thomas. She teams up with Robin Roberts, a great college player and successful sportscaster for ABC and ESPN, to share her insights and help you develop your skills to reach your fullest potential.

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Targeted for high-caliber, self-motivated player.......2003-03-09

A really good book for a select audience. For younger players or those not motivated enough to focus their energy and effort at this level, I highly recommend the two companion VHS tapes on offense and defense/rebounding. However, if you are a middle or high-school player who really wants to raise your game, you can't go wrong here.

One of the best basketball books out there.......2002-01-13

I have been coaching girls basketball for the last several
years and am often looking for suitable books to give my
players to help them work on their own to further develop
their skills. This is the best book I have seen for a junior
high or high school player. I covers every aspect of the game,
not just skills, but also physical training.

A Must for Coaches of Girls Basketball.......1999-12-30

When I started coaching girls basketball (3rd-9th graders) 3 years ago this was the second book I picked up. Now I have about 35 books and 20 videos but I use this as the central reference for my playbook and training manual in coaching fundamentals. Some of the skills may be too advanced for younger kids but they will grow up and adapt to it when they return to you a little older and better skilled thanks to this reference. It should be used in conjunction with the videos by the author (available also from Amazon). If Nancy Lieberman-Cline ever sponsors a clinic I will be on the first plane to get there. As a player-coach-teacher she is the best for girls basketball!

If you are a women and you love basketball buy this book!!!!.......1999-03-31

I love this book! I think it has great drills and advice in it. It helped me out a lot in my basketball career. If you are serious about basketball and you are a women you should buy this book!!!!

Excellent book, broken down very efficiently!.......1999-03-16

Being a girls basketball coach, this book is a very beneficial tool for helping young women understand the game more completely. The variety of drills make it easy to design an off season workout schedule. This book is a must buy for anyone serious about the game, whether coach, player, or a serious fan!

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