The Dispossessed (Hainish Cycle) Free Pdf

ISBN: 0061054887
Title: The Dispossessed (Hainish Cycle) Pdf
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Published Date: 1994-10-20
Page: 400

“This novel, by a celebrated Hungarian poet, depicts the world of his childhood…The narrator, a young boy whose family is shunned-it was once wealthy and is suspected of being Jewish-endures beatings, hunger, and taunts with the fatalism of someone who has never known anything else.” (New Yorker) 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 utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

“One of the greats….Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon.” – Stephen King

From the brilliant and award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust — and the man who risks everything to reunite them.

A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.

To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. But the ambitious scientist's gift is soon seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.

A riveting story about vastly different governments, sexuality and family I don't usually like stories with flashbacks (thankfully, the flashbacks are chronological), but this is one where the technique really pays off. Two planets rotate around each other, one has a rich biosphere and lacks many resources while the other is barely able to produce enough food for a rather small population, but is rich in resources the other planet needs. The former planet has a strict authoritarian government and unlimited luxuries for the rich and rather austere lives for the poor who have no freedom at all. This contrasts with the austere second planet where everyone is at least theoretically free in a human/computer organized anarchy, but some people manage to have more power than others despite a system that should not favour anyone over another (everyone usually works together for the common good).This book is a must read. It also includes an english professor's reading guide at 94% that includes a brief synopsis of the social situation at the time the novel was written to help explain why the author wrote the book the way she did and then poses thought provoking questions about each chapter. I suggest that you read this guide first and then read each chapter and try to answer the questions in the reading guide and repeat until you have completed the novel. Reading the book in this way will be a far more moving and enjoyable experience.Average. This is the first LeGuin work that I ever read that did not impress me. I found it to be heavy-handed propaganda. It's not that I disagree with the thrust of the thoughts presented (I don't). It's just that the book was so dense and so obvious that I quickly found it getting on my nerves. I was able to finish it only with some effort against boredom on my part. A good book never bores me, but this one did.I never thought I'd say this about one of her novels or stories.Philosophical Sci-fi One of the best books I have ever read. Has some of the best philosophical concepts of a truly anarchist society. Beauty. Brotherhood. No waste. Truly astounding. I spent too many years of my life not knowing anything about Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Cycle, and most especially this incredible tome. It is a mountain. It's depth is astounding yet doesn't smack you in the head with it....it is not pretentious. What Le Guin poses here is a 300-plus page discussion on the benefits/disadvantages of creating an anarchistic society, of capitalism, of property, of privacy, of freedom. I will now spend my days diving headlong into the rest of the Hainish books. Thank you, Ursula K. Le Guin, you given me the science fiction I want! Intellectual, yet exciting!

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