THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

THE LEFT HAND OF

DARKNESS

by Ursula K.Leguin

The Ekumen 04

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD AND THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE

FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR

1969

URSULA KROEBER LE GUIN, daughter of A. L. Kroeber (anthropologist) and Theodora Kroeber

(author), was born inBerkeley,California in 1929. She attended college at Radcliffe andColumbia , and

married C. A. LeGuin inParis in 1951. The LeGuins and their three children live inPortland,Oregon .

Ursula LeGuin's previous novels include ROCANNON'S WORLD, PLANET OF EXILE and CITY

OF ILLUSIONS, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, all published by Ace Books. Like THE

LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, each novel is complete in itself, but they are all part of a greater,

growing mosaic of far-future history that is consistent from novel to novel.

NOTE:This universe is now known asThe Ekumen, andThe Left Hand of Darknessnow can be

listed asThe Ekumen 04 ¡ªformatting updated, missing pages scanned and restored, the whole

compared to the 14th ACE print run of June, 1977 by MollyKate for #bookz,October 26, 2002

With the awarding of the 1975 Hugo and Nebula awards to The Dispossessed [The Ekumen 05],

Ursula K. Le Guin became the first author to win both awardstwice for novels.

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THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

Copyright ?1969, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Introduction Copyright ? 1976, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Page 1

An Ace Book. All Rights Reserved.

Printed inU.S.A.

Dedication:

For Charles,sine quo non ................
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