Another great book from Ursula K. Le Guin.
A story describes how the league of 81 worlds is expending and trying to join new worlds in union. It is not story of war but story of slow process where one man tries to convince the governments of many nations to join the league of worlds.
What it should be easy job (it looks like that at beginning) changes into struggle for survival.
The main character is Genly Ai. A delegate from Earth. He is a dark tall man and does not completely merge with planets society. The most unusual is that he is always a Man. The people on Gethen are bisexual. And they take one sex (if we can call it like that) only once a month. Most of the time they are somewhere in the middle and they do not know what sexual desire is. But once a moth they convert to "man" or "woman" so they can mate.
Gethen is very cold planet. There is snow almost through all the year. Winters are very cold. That is the environment that Ai is in.
There are much more strange things on the planet but you should find them out by yourselves.
The story is very tense. There is always something happening.
Great reading.
A story describes how the league of 81 worlds is expending and trying to join new worlds in union. It is not story of war but story of slow process where one man tries to convince the governments of many nations to join the league of worlds.
What it should be easy job (it looks like that at beginning) changes into struggle for survival.
The main character is Genly Ai. A delegate from Earth. He is a dark tall man and does not completely merge with planets society. The most unusual is that he is always a Man. The people on Gethen are bisexual. And they take one sex (if we can call it like that) only once a month. Most of the time they are somewhere in the middle and they do not know what sexual desire is. But once a moth they convert to "man" or "woman" so they can mate.
Gethen is very cold planet. There is snow almost through all the year. Winters are very cold. That is the environment that Ai is in.
There are much more strange things on the planet but you should find them out by yourselves.
The story is very tense. There is always something happening.
Great reading.
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