The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition (Ace Science Fiction)
Ursula K. Le Guinamazon.com
The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition (Ace Science Fiction)
With sufficient care, that wheelbarrow full of things could become an entire system of meaning, saying truthful things about our world, some of which might have been impossible to say via a more conventionally realistic approach. That system would mean, not by the plausibility or acuity of its initial premise, but by the way it reacts to that premi
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Your despair would gradually grow and your sorrow intensify, and you would leave the human world further and further behind, growing closer and closer to the ETO and Trisolaris. In fact, you took your first steps on this road when you urged mercy for the ETO at the PDC hearing not long ago. That wasn’t just for show, though. You truly need them to
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“Is our life really part of the Wallfacer plan?” she asked, looking at him with that same innocent face. “Of course. What is there to doubt?” “But can we truly be happy when all humanity is unhappy?” “My love, your responsibility when all of humanity is unhappy is to make yourself happy. With Xia Xia, your happiness gains a point, and the Wallfacer
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