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 One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle

'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'

Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.

Featuring a new introduction written and read by Roddy Doyle

(p) The Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2019 Belletristik Politik Science Fiction

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The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin (Roddy Doyle)
The Dispossessed paints a hopeful; and complex portrait of a society rooted in collectivism (Naomi Klein)
An extraordinary work ... [Le Guin] created a working society in exquisite detail ... a fully realised hypothetical culture [as well as] living breathing characters who are inevitable products of that culture
This remains a challenging and urgent book
A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again
Le Guin's book ... is so persuasive that it ought to put a stop to the writing of prescriptive Utopias for at least 10 years
Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power
A seamless creation: everything is made up, nothing seems arbitrary
[Le Guin had] the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka, revelation and revolution
One of our finest projectionists of brave old and other worlds
One of the great American political novels . . . Full of intrigue and drama
Written with thought, care - even love
Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be
The Dispossessed is still one of Sci-Fi's' smartest books . . . Remains a thoughtful exploration of politics and economics nearly 50 years later
A deeply imagined work of art
Dystopia and utopia are entwined in Le Guin's story of hierarchy-bound Urras and its anarchist neighbour planet Anarres. With stylish prose and intellectual rigour, Le Guin charts the journey of young physicist Shevek, whose theories cause upheaval on both planets, as he struggles to survive, falls in love and contemplates human society (Sophie Mackintosh)
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so powerful so creative so disruptive the dispossessed allowed me to feel my possessiveness, how I am possessed and free state is to be dispossessed.

read and feel how this book frees your mind

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Le Guinn sketches out a landscape of alien politics and philosophy, of worlds that are at once quite strange and yet seem bizarrely within reach.

This is my favourite kind of sci fi, the genre of ideas.
It serves to explore our current society and it's trends and possibilities by way of fictional worlds while still staying grounded.

As a mere story it may not be that great. If you're looking for some simple bedside sci-fi, this is still an alright pick.
However, if you're searching for a book that makes you reflect upon society, to vicariously live in the worlds that our earthen visionaries dreamed up time and time again, then take a plunge into this lovely written book and dream of a better world, a better way.

Musings on Power, Community and Time

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It is a perfectly told story of people and ideas and the way they shape each other throughout a lifetime. Must listen/read if you are interested in the realities of social life.

A profound political and personal story

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