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'''''The Dispossessed''''' is a 1974 novel by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. It is her most explicitly anarchist work of fiction. The book is set on the anarchist planet [[Anarres]] and it's parent planet [[Urras]]. The protagonist of this novel is Shevek, a physicist from Anarres. Although the book "begins" in the middle of Shevek's story, when he is the first Anarres native to leave Anarres for Urras, it follows him from his childhood, through the development of his career and his marriage and fatherhood, providing a great deal of insight into the Odonian (anarchist) society of Anarres. | |||
==Awards== | |||
*1975 Hugo Award, Best Novel | |||
*1974 Nebula Award, Best Novel | |||
*Runner-up in for the [[John W. Campbell Award]] for best science fiction novel of the year. | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/dispossessed.html Study guide] | |||
* [http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/class/sf/books/lhod/index.html UMich LHOD page] | |||
* [http://bdg.feministsf.net/archives/bdg_dispossessed.txt Book discussion group] on feministSF mailing list (April 2002) | |||
==Editions and adaptations== | |||
* 1974: Harper & Row, New York | |||
* 1975: Avon | |||
* 1987: CBC "Vanishing Point" series, ''The Dispossessed'' - six 30-minute episodes. Produced by Bill Lane.<ref>http://otrarchive.blogspot.com/2009/06/vanishing-point-cbc.html Times Past Old Time Radio Archives].</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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[[category:1974 publications]] | |||
[[category:Hugo Award winning novels]] | |||
[[category:Nebula Award winning novels]] | |||
[[category:Works of science fiction]] | |||
[[category:Novels]] | |||
[[category:Ekumen]] | |||
[[category:The Dispossessed]] | |||
[[category:Ursula K. Le Guin]] | |||
[[category:Works by Ursula K. Le Guin]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 13 January 2011
The Dispossessed is a 1974 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is her most explicitly anarchist work of fiction. The book is set on the anarchist planet Anarres and it's parent planet Urras. The protagonist of this novel is Shevek, a physicist from Anarres. Although the book "begins" in the middle of Shevek's story, when he is the first Anarres native to leave Anarres for Urras, it follows him from his childhood, through the development of his career and his marriage and fatherhood, providing a great deal of insight into the Odonian (anarchist) society of Anarres.
Awards
- 1975 Hugo Award, Best Novel
- 1974 Nebula Award, Best Novel
- Runner-up in for the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel of the year.
Further reading
- Study guide
- UMich LHOD page
- Book discussion group on feministSF mailing list (April 2002)
Editions and adaptations
- 1974: Harper & Row, New York
- 1975: Avon
- 1987: CBC "Vanishing Point" series, The Dispossessed - six 30-minute episodes. Produced by Bill Lane.[1]
References
- ↑ http://otrarchive.blogspot.com/2009/06/vanishing-point-cbc.html Times Past Old Time Radio Archives].