The Left Hand of Darkness - Editions, Translations, Adaptations

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Significant editions

  • 1969 Ace Science Fiction Special, edited by Terry Carr; cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon
  • 1970 Walker first hardcover edition
  • 1980 Harper & Row
  • 1992 Easton Press, Norwalk, Conn. ("Masterpieces of Science Fiction") xviii, 213 p., 4p. of plates. Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Brodian Kelly Freas. Preface by Joan D. Vinge.
  • 1997 Virago Press, ISBN 1860491898, L6.99, 248pp, tp.
  • 2009 Orbit 40th anniversary edition: "The 40th-anniversary edition of The Left Hand of Darkness (Orbit, £12.99 £11.69) contains not only the original text but also a new introduction by the author, plus her notes and sketch maps, and a short story from 1995 set in the same world. It would make a good gift for anyone who hasn't read this modern classic, or for an older fan whose paperback original might not survive another reading."[1]

Translations

  • Catalan: "La Mà Esquerra de la Foscor", 1985, 1997.[1]
  • Croatian: "Lijeva ruka tame", 2004 (ISBN 953-203-182-0).
  • Czech: "Levá ruka tmy".
  • Danish: "Mørkets venstre hånd".
  • Dutch: "De linkerhand van het duister".
  • Estonian: "Pimeduse pahem käsi".
  • Finnish: Pimeyden vasen käsi
    • Finlandia: Pimeyden vasen käsi, in Finnish
  • French/francais: "La Main gauche de la nuit".
  • German/deutsch Winterplanet
  • German: "Die linke Hand der Dunkelheit", also known as Winterplanet (Heyne-Verlag paperback edition, translated by Gisela Stege).
  • Greek: "Το αριστερό χέρι του Σκότους".
  • Hebrew: "מעבר לעלטה" and later as "צד שמאל של החושך".
  • Hungarian: "A sötétség balkeze", 1979 (ISBN 963 211 337 3).
    • Hungría: A sötétség balkeze, Kozmosz Books, Budapest, 1979. ISBN 963-211-337-3. Translator Baranyi Gyula, 1979.
  • Italian: "La mano sinistra delle tenebre"
  • Korean: "어둠의 왼손" 1995, 2002.
  • Polish: "Lewa ręka ciemności".
  • Portuguese: "A Mão Esquerda da Escuridão".
  • Romanian: "Mâna stângă a întunericului".
  • Russian: "Левая рука Тьмы", 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2006.
  • Serbian: "Leva ruka tame".
  • Spanish: "La Mano Izquierda de la Oscuridad".
    • Le Guin, Ursula K. La mano izquierda de la oscuridad. Minotauro, Buenos Aires, 1979. Traductor: Francisco Abelenda.
    • Le Guin, Ursula K. La mano izquierda de la oscuridad. Minotauro, Barcelona, 1980. Traductor: Francisco Abelenda.
    • Le Guin, Ursula K. La mano izquierda de la oscuridad. Minotauro, Barcelona, 1996. Traductor: Francisco Abelenda.
    • Le Guin, Ursula K. La mano izquierda de la oscuridad. Minotauro, Barcelona, 2002. Traductor: Francisco Abelenda.
  • Swedish: "Mörkrets vänstra hand"
    • Suecia: Mörkrets vänstra hand, Askild & Kärnekull, Stockholm 1974
  • Turkish: "Karanlığın Sol Eli"

Additional editions, unsorted

  • Jan. 1973: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-586-03641-5 / 978-0-586-03641-9 (UK edition).
  • January 2001: Turtleback. ISBN: 0-606-19298-0 / 978-0-606-19298-9 (USA edition). Publisher: Demco Media.


Audio editions
  • April 1987: Audio cassette. ISBN: 0-7366-1129-0 / 978-0-7366-1129-9 (USA edition). Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.


English-language editions (golwen, unsorted)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1969 , Ace SF Special [1], #47800, $2.25, 301pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1969 , SFBC, $2.25, 218pp, hc) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1980 , HarperCollins, 0060125748, $12.95, 213pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1988 , Orbit, 0708880819, L2.99, 256pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1991 , Orbit, 0708880819, L3.99, 256pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1991 , Ace, 0441478123, $6.99, 320pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1993 , Easton Press, 213pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1994 , Walker, 0802713025, $27.50, 345pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (1997 , Virago, 1860491898, L6.99, 248pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (2000 , Ace, 0441007317, $12.95, 320pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (2001 , Orion/Gollancz, 0575072199, L9.99, 256pp, hc)
ISFDB (unsorted; 2011/01/04)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1969, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Walker & Co., 286pp, hc) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1969, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Macdonald, 30/-, 286pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Mar 1969, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace (Ace SF Special [1] #47800), #47800, $0.95, 286pp, pb) Cover: Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Oct 1969, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Walker & Co. / SFBC, #2006, $1.98, 218pp, hc) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1970, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace (Ace SF Special [1] #47800), #47800, $0.95, 286pp, pb) Cover: Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Nov 1972, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, #478008, $0.95, 286pp, pb) Cover: Josh Kirby
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1973, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Panther, 0-586-03641-5, 205pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Nov 1974, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, #47802, $1.50, 286pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Nov 1974, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, #47803, $1.75, 286pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jul 1976, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47805-0, $1.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Dec 1976, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47805-0, $1.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jun 1977, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47805-0, $1.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Aug 1977, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Panther, 0-586-03641-5, £0.60, 205pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1979, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Panther, 0-586-03641-5, £1.25, 205pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
  • A sötétség balkeze, (1979, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Kozmosz Könyvek (Hungary), 963-211-337-3, Ft 25, 368pp, pb) Cover: Pál Varga - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jan 1980, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47805-0, $1.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jul 1980, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Harper & Row, 0-06-012574-8, $12.95, 213pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Sep 1980, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47806-9, $2.25, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1981, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Futura, 0-7088-8081-9, £1.60, 256pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1981, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Macdonald, 0-356-02947-6, 256pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1982, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47810-7, $3.50, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Feb 1982, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47806-9, $2.25, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Aug 1982, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47807-7, $2.50, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1983, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8081-9, £2.50, 256pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Feb 1983, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47808-5, $2.75, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (May 1983, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47809-3, $2.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Mar 1985, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47810-7, $2.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel - [VERIFIED]
  • Five Complete Novels, (Nov 1985, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Avenel Books, 0-517-48010-7, $7.98, 579pp, hc, omni) Cover: Hector Garrido
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1986, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8081-9, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Dec 1987, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47812-3, $3.95, 304pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Apr 1988, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8081-9, £2.99, 256pp, pb)
  • La Main Gauche de la Nuit, (Aug 1989, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5191), 2-266-02843-X, 319pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1991, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47812-3, $6.99, 320pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Aug 1991, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8081-9, £3.99, 256pp, pb) Cover: Tim White
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1992, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit / Little, Brown UK, 1-85723-074-4, £5.99, 256pp, pb) Cover: Tim White
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (1993, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction), xviii+213pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Dec 1994, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Walker & Co., 0-8027-1302-5, $27.50, 345pp, hc) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jul 1997, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Virago, 1-86049-189-8, £6.99, 248pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jul 2000, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-00731-7, $12.95, 304pp, tp)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Jul 2000, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47812-3, $6.99, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Oct 2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (HC) #II), 0-575-07219-9, £14.99, 248pp, hc) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Sep 2003, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47812-3, $7.99, 304pp, pb) Cover: Judith Murello
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (2004, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Barnes & Noble, 0-7607-5914-6, 286pp, hc)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Nov 2004, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #15), 0-7394-4881-1, $10.99, 209pp, hc) Cover: Bob Eggleton
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (Apr 2009, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Orbit, 1-84149-606-5, £6.99, 256pp, pb)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (date unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47804-2, $1.95, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (date unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace (Ace SF Special [1] #47800), #47800, $0.95, 286pp, pb) Cover: Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon - [VERIFIED]
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, (date unknown, Ursula K. Le Guin, publ. Ace, 0-441-47812-3, $6.50, 304pp, pb) Cover: Alex Ebel - [VERIFIED]


Sources for information

  • FantasticFiction.co.uk
  • ISFDB
  • GoodReads
  • LibraryThing
  • Open Library


By language / nationality
  1. ↑ Lisa Tuttle, "sci-fi / fantasy: From Cold War aliens to a Harry Potter for adults, Lisa Tuttle offers choices for the armchair escapist", The Times (London), Nov. 28, 2009.
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