A tale of two worlds.

In her most ambitious and prophetic novel to date, Ursula K. Le Guin has produced a stunning tour de force — the spellbinding story of Shevek, a brilliant physicist who single-handedly attemps to re-unite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.

Anarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization; Urras, the mother planet, is a world very similar to Earth, with its warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Shevek risks everything in a courageous visit to Urras — to learn, to teach, to share. But his gift becomes a threat... and in the profound conflict which ensues, Shevek must re-examine his philosophy of life.

Cover illustration by Alex Ebel

A brilliant physicist attempts to reunite two planets separated by centuries of distrust, facing hostility, threats, and personal sacrifice in his quest to tear down walls of hatred and ignite change.

The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek’s work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres’s sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

Der einzige Ort auf dem Anarres, der durch eine Mauer von seiner Umgebung abgetrennt wird, ist der Raumhafen. Von hier aus werden die Edelmetalle, die in den Minen des Planeten abgebaut werden, einmal im Jahr zum Nachbarplaneten Urras geflogen.

Für die Herrschenden von Urras ist das anarchistische Anarres nicht mehr als eine abhängige Bergbaukolonie, die es möglichst effektiv auszubeuten gilt. Für die Bewohner von Anarres ist ihre Heimat jedoch der einzige Ort im ganzen Sonnensystem, wo sie wirklich frei sind – frei von Unterdrückung, aber auch frei von dem Zwang, künstlich erzeugte Bedürfnisse befriedigen zu müssen.

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life—Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life—Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

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Urras und Anarres, zwei Schwesterplaneten eines Sonnensystems, werden zwar von einem Volk bewohnt, allerdings von zwei unterschiedlichen politischen Systemen beherrscht: Als auf dem kapitalistischen Urras eine anarchistische Revolte ausbrach, gewährte man den Aufständischen freies Geleit. Jahre später sind sowohl das anarchistische Utopia auf Anarres wie auch die kapitalistische Gesellschaft auf Urras gefestigt. Als der Physiker Shevek eine bahnbrechende Erfindung macht, die den interstellaren Raumflug revolutionieren kann, fehlt auf Anarres das Geld für die Umsetzung, und so wandert er nach Urras aus. Fortan gilt er auf seinem Planeten als Verräter, aber auch auf Urras begegnet man ihm mit Mißtrauen.

Ursula K. Le Guin unterzieht durch die Augen Sheveks die politischen Systeme Kapitalismus und Anarchismus einem Vergleich. Die Enteigneten gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Science-Fiction-Romane des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, als eine der maßgeblichen politischen Utopien und steht gleichberechtigt neben Werken wie 1984 oder Schöne neue Welt. Der Roman, längst ein anerkannter Klassiker, liegt hier erstmals in der definitiven Fassung vor.

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life--Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

A classic science fiction novel by one of the greatest writers of the genre, set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity.

In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes.

The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity's self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.

The forest dwellers of Athshe lived in harmony and enjoyed their worship of dreams. Until men came to strip the planet of its timber. They enslaved the Astsheans forced them to plunder the forest and destroyed the forest. Until the despised 'Creechies' learned to fight back ...

O planeta Athshe era um verdadeiro paraíso, coberto por densas e colossais florestas. Seus habitantes, humanoides com pouco mais de um metro de altura e corpos cobertos por pelos verdes e sedosos, viviam em paz.

Então outros vieram. Muito mais altos e de pele lisa, eles caíram do céu e começaram a desbravar o território ao seu redor, enxergando os nativos como meros animais selvagens. Eles vieram de um mundo em ruínas e superpovoado, faminto por matérias-primas, madeira e grãos: a Terra.

Sem precedentes culturais para tirania, escravidão ou guerra, os nativos encontram-se à mercê de seus novos e brutais colonizadores.

Quando o desespero atinge níveis inimagináveis, uma revolução é inevitável. Cada golpe contra os invasores será um golpe contra sua própria humanidade. Mas os conquistadores alienígenas os ensinaram a odiar... e não há como voltar atrás.

In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human origin by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than a weapon of domination.

Hacking the linear, progressive mode of the Techno-Heroic, the Carrier Bag Theory of human evolution proposes: 'before the tool that forces energy outward, we made the tool that brings energy home.' Prior to the preeminence of sticks, swords and the Hero's long, hard, killing tools, our ancestors' greatest invention was the container: the basket of wild oats, the medicine bundle, the net made of your own hair, the home, the shrine, the place that contains whatever is sacred. The recipient, the holder, the story. The bag of stars.

This influential essay opens a portal to terra ignota: unknown lands where the possibilities of human experience and knowledge can be discovered anew.

With a new introduction by Donna Haraway, the eminent cyberfeminist, author of the revolutionary A Cyborg Manifesto and most recently, Staying with the Trouble and Manifestly Haraway. With images by Lee Bul, a leading South Korean feminist artist who had a retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery in 2018.

In this intriguing tale (not for children), storyteller extraordinaire Ursula K. Le Guin explores the magic of animals. Her animal characters -- from the irreverent trickster Coyote to the wise matriarch Grandmother Spider -- seem like people to us, just as they do to the little girl who finds herself living among them. We learn, with the girl, that these "Old People" once lived freely on the earth but now must maintain their lifeways carefully alongside the "New People" -- humans.Susan Seddon Boulet chose this tale to illustrate, completing twenty works for its publication. They are extremely effective in bringing Le Guin's characters to life, imbuing them, of course, with Boulet's singular vision of the otherworldly realms occupied by animal spirits. This book is a must for any serious collector of Boulet art.

E SE PÔS A SALVAR UM PLANETA, QUANDO NÃO ERA CAPAZ SEQUER DE SALVAR A PRÓPRIA PELE

O etnólogo Rocannon está liderando uma pesquisa em um mundo remoto povoado por três espécies nativas: os habitantes de cavernas Gdemiar, os humanoides Fiia, e o clã guerreiro Liuar. Mas, quando o planeta tecnologicamente primitivo é subitamente invadido e atacado por uma frota de navios vindo das estrelas, Rocannon é o único pesquisador sobrevivente. Isolado entre os povos alienígenas, ele lidera a batalha para libertar esse mundo recém-descoberto e se depara com lendas que surgem ao seu redor durante a luta.

O Mundo de Rocannon foi o primeiro livro publicado de Ursula K. Le Guin e é parte do Ciclo Hainish, série premiada com os mais importantes prêmios para literatura de ficção científica. Retratada em um planeta sem nome, a jornada de Rocannon expande questões universais de perda, companheirismo, isolamento, redenção e amor.

The bestselling Catwings series!

Mrs. Jane Tabby can't explain why her four precious kittens were born with wings, but she's grateful that they are able to use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous city slums where they were born. However, once the kittens escape the big city, they learn that country life can be just as difficult!

In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, a commemorative edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning classic, a profound and thoughtful tale of anarchism and capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and one ambitious man’s quest to bridge the ideological chasm separating two worlds. This special edition includes a new foreword by Karen Joy Fowler.

The Dispossessed is the spellbinding story of anarchist Shevek, the “galactically famous scientist,” who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.

Anarres, Shevek’s homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization, where there is no government, and everyone, at least nominally, is a revolutionary. It has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—defined by warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to unify the two civilizations. In the face of great hostility, outright threats, and the pain of separation from his family, he makes an unprecedented trip to Urras. Greater than any concern for his own wellbeing is the belief that the walls of hatred, distrust, and philosophic division between his planet and the rest of the civilized universe must be torn down. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and explore differences in customs and cultures, determined to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.

To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. Almost immediately upon his arrival, he finds not the egotistical philistines he expected, but an intelligent, complex people who warmly welcome him. But soon the ambitious scientist and his gift is seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

A purrpurri of the literary legend's quirky and winsome cat poems, mediations, and drawings

Includes the hard-to-find The Art of Bunditsu and other delights from a lifetime of reflection on the mystery and magic of cats

"The presence of a cat keeps me in touch with the mystery, the unreasonableness, the beauty, the stubborn wildness of the nonhuman world." In her life as in her art, Ursula K. Le Guin was fascinated by the feline. This irresistable little book gathers poems, mediations, and drawings dedicated to the complicated creature that her captured her imagination. Here

• The Art of Bunditsu , Le Guin's hard-to-find “tabbist” meditation on the arranging of cats
• Cat Poems , more than two dozen gems, many illustrated by Le Guin herself
• Supermouse Comix! Historic First Issue! Le Guin's one-of-a-kind cat comic book
• Cat a series of letters between Le Guin’s cat and those of her daughter detailing the Five Deliberations that cats spend their lives studying
• Cat Tai Chi, as depicted in a charming series of drawings

A must for cat lovers and Le Guin fans alike, this is the purr-fect literary companion for every reader.

Escrito em 1974 pela brilhante e premiada Ursula K. Le Guin, Os Despossuídos é uma ficção científica incomum, utópica e distópica, sobre dois planetas gêmeos separados por conflitos e desconfianças, e um homem que arriscará tudo para reuni-los.

Urras é um mundo de abundantes recursos dividido em vários estados-nação. Em meio a extremos de riqueza e pobreza, dois deles estão em guerra para estender sua influência – e seu sistema político – sobre os demais. Anarres, por sua vez, é o planeta recluso e anarquista gêmeo de Urras, cuja visão utópica de seus colonizadores acabou criando uma ilusão de sociedade perfeita. Essa ilusão só é quebrada quando Shevek, um jovem físico brilhante de Anarres, descobre a Teoria da Simultaneidade, uma ideia que pode acabar com o isolamento de seu planeta e, ao mesmo tempo, avivar as guerras do planeta vizinho.

Seguindo o estilo de Le Guin, este livro aborda questões de fundo sociológico, como liberdade, desigualdade, individual versus coletivo, e temas políticos cruciais, como anarquismo e polarizações políticas. Embora seja fruto da influência da Guerra Fria, este livro continua cativante e extremamente atual. Situado no mesmo universo ficcional de A mão esquerda da escuridão , outro clássico da autora, Os Despossuídos recebeu o prêmio Nebula em 1974 e os prêmios Hugo e Locus em 1975.