George Orr is a mild and unremarkable man who finds the world a less than pleasant place to live: seven billion people jostle for living space and food. But George dreams dreams which do in fact change reality - and he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power.
Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help. At first sceptical of George's powers,he comes to astonished belief. When he allows ambition to get the better of ethics,George finds himself caught up in a situation of alarming peril.
Few writers in any genre can claim to have had the range and influence of Ursula K. Le Guin. Championed for her ground-breaking works of science fiction and fantasy,Le Guin's work was diverse and wide-ranging,encompassing more than short stories,novels,poetry,essays,books for children and works of translation.
She remains best-known for her landmark series Earthsea - a wise and stunning saga of a world where wizards and dragons mutually coexist - which gradually evolved to become a singular touchstone of imaginative fantasy. Simultaneously,Le Guin forged an enviable reputation within science fiction,hoovering up prizes,including numerous Nebula and Hugo Awards,and establishing a vital feminist foothold in a traditionally male-dominated discipline. Her 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness,set on a genderless planet banked in ice,is regarded to this day as a profound exploration of imagination and our understanding of society and identity.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781857989519Number of pages: 192Weight: 171 gDimensions: 131 x 198 x 18 mm
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Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal powerUrsula Le Guin was able to reimagine many concepts we take to be natural,shared,and unalterable - gender,utopia,creation,war,family,the city,the country - and reveal the all-too-human constructions at their center...Literature will miss her. There's no one like herShe is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex charactersLe Guin is one of the singular speculative voices of our future,thanks to her knack for anticipating issues of seminal importance to societyHer worlds have a magic sheen...She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legendI'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le GuinA rare and powerful synthesis of poetry and science,reason and emotion(Le Guin had) the heart of a poet who knew all too well the difference between miracle and eureka,revelation and revolutionLe Guin's storytelling is sharp,magisterial,funny,thought-provoking and exciting,exhibiting all that science fiction can beUrsula Le Guin is a chemist of the heartWhen I read The Lathe of Heaven as a young man,my mind wasboggled; now when I read it,more than twenty-five years later,itbreaks my heart. Only a great work of literature can bridge - sothrillingly - that impossible spanLe Guin writes tellingly of different kinds of society...and of the individual's response to them
Ursula K. Le Guin
Few writers in any genre can claim to have had the range and influence of Ursula K. Le Guin. Championed for her ground-breaking works of science fiction and fantasy,Le Guin's work was diverse and wide-ranging,encompassing more than short stories,novels,poetry,essays,books for children and works of translation. She remains best-known for her landmark series Earthsea - a wise and stunning saga of a world where wizards and dragons mutually coexist - which gradually evolved to become a singular touchstone of imaginative fantasy
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