The Left Hand of Darkness.
$1,302 · Offered by Biblio
New York: Walker and Company,, 1969. The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next First hardback edition. A pioneering text in feminist science fiction and Le Guin's first major success, the novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards in 1970. In 1987, it was ranked by Locus magazine as the second most important science fiction novel after Frank Herbert's Dune. This hardback edition was preceded by the Ace paperback, published earlier the same year. A Book Club Edition was also issued, which has a gutter code on p. 213 and "Book Club Edition" printed on the front flap. Octavo. Original grey boards, spine lettered in black, top edge blue, fore edge untrimmed. With supplied dust jacket. Spine bumped and toned, tape residue on covers and endpapers; jacket unclipped, soiled and toned, nicks to spine ends, small perforations to rear panel: a good copy in like jacket.
- Year: 1969
- Printing: later
- Binding: paperback
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