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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards A revolutionary work of science-fiction, The Left-Hand of Darkness tells the tale of the single individual emissary to Wintertime, an alien planet whose occupants can alter their sex. His objective would be to help Winteris addition in a developing intergalactic world. But to do this he must bridge the gulf between their own views and those of the totally different tradition that he confronts. Adopting the facets of culture, psychology, and individual feeling on an unfamiliar planet, The Left-Hand of Darkness stands as a milestone achievement in the history of rational science-fiction.