The Dispossessed
1974 • 400 pages
Ratings120
Average rating4.1
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Ratings120
Average rating4.1
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.
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9 primary books13 released booksHainish Cycle is a 13-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1966 with contributions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Katarzyna Staniewska, and Agnieszka Sylwanowicz.
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Against the developing backdrop of the Hainish Universe, the story pits a socialist utopia against itself and the capitalistic society it stems from.
Like many others I gave up reading, this is a book about nothing. The story describes the life of doctor Shevek, from infant to adulthood, revealing how he becomes a brilliant and famous physicist.
So he was a child, who had a few friend. They liked to talk. Then he graduated, went to college, had his first sexual experience. And so on. The sci-fi aspects are irrelevant so far as I read.
Read: 15%, 2:05/13:25 hours
This was good, though I wish the whole book were more like the last third, which had stronger, tighter storytelling. The first two-thirds have too much heavy-handed exposition for my taste.
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