Science fiction

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

A speculative classic about freedom, duty and possible societies.

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Genre

Political science fiction

Subgenre

Anarchist utopian novel

Original publication

1974

Original publisher

Harper and Row

Pages

400

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

The twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

ISBN

9780061054884

Original title

The Dispossessed

utopia politics anarchism society freedom science economics responsibility

About the book

A physicist crosses between societies organized around scarcity, property, freedom and responsibility.

A serious match for readers asking for political theory in fiction, utopia, anarchism, science and social alternatives.

Le Guin asks what a better society would cost and what kinds of compromise appear even inside idealism.

It works well for readers interested in politics, economics, social design and intellectual science fiction.

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